It looks obvious

The DOJ stretches the boundaries of the government potential violation of civil rights and privacy. Encryptions, proxy and more advance methods will make it harder to get real internet surveillance of determine and sophisticated terrorist. However the government make the ISP’s part of the government and have much more information about Smith Jones from Arkansas.

Link: U.S. asks Internet firms to save data

Top law enforcement officials have asked leading Internet companies to keep histories of the activities of Web users for up to two years to assist in criminal investigations of child pornography and terrorism, the Justice Department said Wednesday.

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller outlined their request to executives from Google, Microsoft, AOL, Comcast, Verizon and others Friday in a private meeting at the Justice Department. The department has scheduled more discussions as early as Friday. Last week’s meeting was first reported by CNET, an online news service.

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