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IP: WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES MASSIVE COMPUTER MONITORING

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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:51:23 -0400
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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1999 20:28:41 ET XXXXX

WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES MASSIVE COMPUTER MONITORING SYSTEM; WILL TRACK
BANKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER NETWORKS

The Clinton administration has developed a plan for an extensive
computer monitoring system, overseen by the FBI, that will track
banking, telecommunications and other industries, it will be reported
on Wednesday.

The National Security Council is conducting a legal and technical
review of the new Clinton plan, a final report is scheduled to be made
public in September.

NEW YORK TIMES reporter John Markoff has been shown a draft, 
according to publishing sources,
and was busy on Tuesday afternoon preparing a story.

In some government circles, the proposed system has been nicknamed
"Hillary."

The plan calls for the development of a "sophisticated software 
system to monitor activities on
non-military government networks" and a separate system to "track all
transactions used in the banking, telecommunications and
transportation industries."

The system is intended to alert law enforcement officials to computer
attacks that might cripple governmental or the nation's economy. But
it could also become a massive government utility used for
surveillance of citizens, critics contend, with great potential for
misuse.

"Law enforcement agencies obviously would be under great temptation to
expand the use of the information in pursuit of suspected criminals,"
the TIMES will report.

The plan has drawn fire from civil libertarians because it blends
"civilian and military functions" in protecting the nation's computer
networks. Law enforcement agencies would be under great temptation to
expand the use of the information in pursuit of suspected criminals.
And the plan would put a new and powerful tool into the hands of the
FBI.

Developing.

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(c)DRUDGE REPORT 1999
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