From: Herr Bookmonger (herrbookmonger@earthlink.net)
Date: Wed Jun 25 2003 - 06:53:43 PDT
Damn, one readily, if subconsciously, neglects to absorb fully the
acceleration of the demise of civil liberties in the post 9/11 world. Thanx
for the link. I shall forward it to my non-OD friends.
Herr Bookmonger
----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Forster" <jfor@quik.com>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: [MV] HUGE Brother (eBay) is watching
Brags Sullivan, "If you are a law-enforcement officer, all you have to do is
send us a fax with a request for information, and ask about the person
behind
the seller's identity number, and we will provide you with his name,
address,
sales history and other details--all without having to produce a court
order."
(eBay itself goes further than this, employing six investigators who are
charged
with tracking down "suspicious people" and "suspicious behavior.")
Read the whole article:
http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20030707&s=engle
-John
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