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10/01/2003 Archived Entry: "Hacker or Terrorist?"
I wanna know why the FBI thinks it has the right to use the Patriot Act to force reporters to give their notes and recordings to the FBI so that can prosecute Adrian Lamo, the "Homeless Hacker". The FBI claim they can do this because reporters who write for the internet are "providers of electronic communication" and fall under the scope of the Patriot Act.
This is exactly what people have to fear from such overreaching legislation...that people who have power will use it to gain more power in cases that the law was not intended for.