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[FYI] FBI chief urges laws on cybercrime
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FBI chief urges laws on cybercrime
By Gwen Robinson in Washington - 28 Mar 2000 20:04GMT
The head of the FBI on Tuesday warned that US laws were not keeping
up with the growing pace and sophistication of cybercrime, and called
for changes to the legal procedures governing investigation and
prosecution of such crimes.
Louis Freeh, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, told a
Senate committee that law enforcement agencies such as the FBI
required a stronger regulatory framework and resources to deal with
the expected growth of technology-related crime. "In the cyber
equivalent of an arms race, exploits evolve as hackers design
variations to evade or overcome detection software and filters."
Mr Freeh said that generally, existing laws had enabled the FBI and
other agencies to investigate and prosecute large-scale cases of
cyber crime. "Nonetheless, just as computer crime has evolved and
mutated over the years, so too must our laws and procedures evolve to
meet the changing nature of these crimes."
He urged Congress to support legislation, known as the Cyberspace
Electronic Security Act, proposed by the Justice Department late last
year to strengthen investigative techniques available to law
enforcers and increase resources for cyber investigation. He also
urged a review of current sentencing provisions for computer crimes.
[...]
One example of legal problems facing law enforcement agencies was the
jurisdictional limitation of "trap-and-trace" orders issued by
federal district courts, Mr Freeh said. "These orders allow only the
capturing of tracing information, not the content of communications."
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