Internet Surveillance and Hypocrisy (Feb. 2, 2006)
Hands Off Google!
Antiwar.com, Justin Raimondo, Jan 30 ’06
Lantos, along with Republicans Sen. John Kyl and former Rep. Christopher Cox, sponsored legislation that would establish a brand new U.S. government agency: the Office of Global Internet Freedom.
Cox and Wyden Introduce Global Internet Freedom Act
www.techlawjournal.com, Oct 10 ’02
But none of it targets the U.S. government for criticism:
Email spying claim fuels wiretapping scandal (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20051226/ai_n15961026)
www.findarticles.com, The Independent, Dec 26 ’05
Secret domestic wiretaps authorised by US President George Bush led to the National Security Agency gaining access to the country’s main telephone switches in a vast operation to mine data from phone calls and emails.
Patrick Leahy:
These new revelations can only multiply and intensify the growing list of questions and concerns about the warrantless surveillance of Americans