On Mon, 21 Jun 2004, Pete Schroebel wrote:
I think the only advantage to DOJ working this hard on LI capabilities is that it may raise public awareness of the issue, and, may help get better cryptographic technologies more widely deployed sooner. Other than that, I think it's just a lose all the way around.
I'm not advocating the DoJ's position on this matter, just trying to clarify it for the list (since it was rather muddled in earlier postings).
/John
They, "the DOJ" is just trying to do it's job, as they are under the microscope due to the fumbles that led to the compromises by an obviously inept predecessor. Now, they are tighten the screws on everything from telecoms to bank accounts; to prevent another round of fumbled information resulting in a preventable issue going unchecked.
If you mean the 'misplaced' information surrounding the 9/11 hijackers, I'm not sure any amount of wiretapping/snooping would have ever changed the situation. The problem was more related to, according to news reports and senate (house?) hearings/testimony, miscommunications inside each of the parts of the DoJ/CIA/NSA. All the wiretapping in the world wont get information passed correctly inside these organizations. Smoke screen efforts are less helpful and are simple diversions from the reality of the problem.