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Gonzales Pushes Again for Increased ISP Data Retention

Luke O'Brien writes on Threat Level:

U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales last week reiterated his desire for increased ISP data retention to help combat crime. In a speech to the National Association of Attorneys General summer meeting in Atlanta, Gonzales gave his audience a graphic, stomach-turning look into the world of online pedophilia. He described a visit he made to to the Justice Department's child exploitation and obscenity section and some of the images and online videos he'd seen. "It changed me," Gonzales said. "It was an orientation I will never forget."

Then he argued that not enough is being done to combat child exploitation and that law enforcement tools need to be bolstered, particularly by increasing data retention.

More here.

Note: Obviously, the U.S. Department of Justice knows very well how to play the Four Horsemen of the Information Apocalypse card.

posted by Fergie @ 6/27/2007 12:17:00 PM