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Senate Amendment 1562, adopted Thursday, will expand Federal wiretapping powers:


http://www.cdt.org/security/091101response.shtml/


Calls to ban encryption:


http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46816,00.html

http://www.msnbc.com/news/627390.asp


Re-emergence of Carnivore:


http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html

http://latimes.com/business/la-000073542sep12.story


Erosions of civil liberties are coming:


http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46784,00.html

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