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Tuesday, November 27, 2001

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Warblog: "War on Terrorism" links

Bush's Legal Changes Expand State Power
(International Herald Tribune)

As Pentagon officials begin designing military tribunals for suspected terrorists, they are considering the possibility of trials on ships at sea or on distant U.S. installations, like the naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba..The proceedings promise to be swift and largely secret, with one military officer saying that the release of information might be limited to the barest facts, like the defendant's name and sentence. The military tribunals are the boldest initiative in a series of laws and rewritten federal regulations that, taken together, have created an alternate system of justice...

Kangaroo Kourts for everyone! Sounds just like a scene right out of "Escape From New York"? Well, except it's real. And the thought of possibly staging these things in a place like Cuba ... the irony. (b/w unknown news, always watchable)
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FBI software cracks encryption wall
(MSNBC)

The virus can be sent to the suspect via e-mail [~] perhaps sent for the FBI by a trusted friend or relative. The FBI can also use common vulnerabilities to break into a suspect's computer and insert Magic Lantern, the source said.

If the FBI is willing to use a computer virus as a ploy for tracking suspected criminals, then what does that say about their commitment to stopping computer viruses in the first place? (b/w Scripting News)
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