[Nettime-bold] Re: <nettime> Infinite Justice (1): Hackers are Terrorists

[Bill Spornitz <spornitz@mts.net>]

If the price of freedom is eternal vigilance, I would say you USA 
folks better get up off your sheeply behinds and try to head off this 
kind of ill-informed and (I must say) amateur lawmaking. America 
(IMHO ;->) must rise to the challenge presented by this turn of 
history, not by parading around the farmyard, *kicking butt* but by 
acting responsibly.

b



>         SecurityFocus
>
>          Hackers face life imprisonment under 'Anti-Terrorism' Act
>
>          Justice Department proposal classifies most computer crimes as
>          acts of terrorism.
>
>          By Kevin Poulsen
>
>          Sep 23 2001 11:00PM PT
>
>          Hackers, virus-writers and web site defacers would face life
>          imprisonment without the possibility of parole under legislation
>          proposed by the Bush Administration that would classify most
>          computer crimes as acts of terrorism...


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