contributed by Space Rogue
The FBI roving wiretap bill is now only waiting for the President to sign it. According to this article judges have only denied 28 requests for wiretaps since 1968, and this new bill makes it even easier for the FBI to tap YOUR phone!

ABC

contributed by Space Rogue
It ain't over yet. CDA II is scheduled for a vote tomorrow. Considering that it is attached to some pretty hefty budgets it will probably pass.

Wired

contributed by Space Rogue
We have reported on this for the last few days but here is the actual press release from the FBI on their new National DNA database.

FBI
Federal Computer Week - Another story on the subject.

contributed by Grumby
We reported on this weeks ago but it seems that the mainstreem press is picking up the story. Bruce Schneier of CounterPane systems and TriStrata are going at it over their claims that their crypto is unbreakable.

CNN

contributed by Space Rogue
Half a million Web TV users unknowingly submitting data on their viewing and surfing habits. (We really need a right to privacy in this country.)

USA Today

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150,000 US West customers in Iowa and Eastern Nebraska suffered telephone outages when a U.S. West switch suffered a hardware failure. Interesting that US West has nothing at all about this outage on their own web site.

Nando Times

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NAI (Network Associates) has released a new firewall technology called adaptive proxies technology, will be incorporated into Gauntlet Firewall 3.0 for NT.

Network Associates
Internet News

contributed by Space Rogue
We have reported this before but another article has appeared on how crackers are beating the cyber cops in China. (Why did it take a web site named "Inside China Today" over three days to post a story effecting China?)

Inside China Today