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FBI, Politicos Renew Push for ISP Data Retention Laws

Declan McCullagh writes on the C|Net "Iconoclast" Blog:

The FBI and multiple members of Congress said on Wednesday that Internet service providers must be legally required to keep records of their users' activities for later review by police.

Their suggestions for mandatory data retention revive a push for potentially sweeping federal laws--which civil libertarians oppose--that flagged last year after the resignation of Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, the idea's most prominent proponent.

FBI Director Robert Mueller told a House of Representatives committee that Internet service providers should be required to keep records of users' activities for two years.

posted by Fergie @ 4/23/2008 01:02:00 PM