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Michael Meltzer
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ACTION
Knowing is not enough;
we must apply.
Willing is not enough;
we must do.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
--
CALM
If you know the point of balance,
You can settle the details.
If you can settle the details,
You can stop running around.
Your mind will become calm.
If your mind becomes calm,
You can think in front of a tiger.
If you can think in front of a tiger,
You will surely succeed.
- Mencius
--
SUCCESS
If one advances confidently
in the direction of
their dreams and endeavors
to live the life
they have imagined,
they will meet
with a success
unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau
--
After more than 20 years of research and scores of studies
on the effects of moderate alcohol consumption on health,
beer is slowly bubbling to the top as a beverage that not
only lifts spirits but delivers protection against major
ailments such as heart attacks, stroke, hypertension,
diabetes and dementia.
http://www.msnbc.com/modules/exports/ct_email.asp?/news/7933
42.asp
--
The Guardian, Tuesday August 20, 2002
by Richard Norton-Taylor and Stuart Millar
Records of personal communications, including all emails and
telephone calls, will be stored for at least a year under a
proposal to be decided by EU governments next month.
Under the plan, all telecommunications firms, including
mobile phone operators and internet service providers, will
have to keep the numbers and addresses of calls and emails
sent and received by EU citizens. The information, known as
traffic data, would be held in central computer systems and
made available to all EU governments.
The move could lead to a further extension in the powers of
European security and intelligence agencies, allowing them
to see the contents of emails and intercepted calls and
faxes, civil liberty groups fear.
The plan, drafted in Brussels, has been leaked to
Statewatch, an independent group monitoring threats to
privacy and civil liberties in the EU.
"The traffic data of the whole population of the EU - and
the countries joining - is to be held on record. It is a
move from targeted to potentially universal surveillance,"
Tony Bunyan, Statewatch editor, warned yesterday. "EU
governments claimed that changes to the 1997 privacy
directive would not be binding on member states - each
national parliament would have to decide. Now we know that
all along they were intending to make it compulsory across
Europe."
Although the move was initially explained by the need to
fight terrorism, EU officials now argue it is necessary to
fight all serious crime, including paedophilia and racism.
A "draft framework decision" for the European council states
that it is essential for all member states to apply the same
rules. It said that the purpose was to harmonise the
retention of traffic data to allow criminal investigation.
The decision is a victory for the UK which, encouraged by
Washington, has been pushing for a compulsory EU-wide data
retention regime.
But civil liberties campaigners claim that compelling
communications companies to retain the records of all their
customers for long periods amounts to blanket surveillance
on the entire EU population and will lead to law enforcement
agencies conducting "fishing expeditions" against innocent
citizens.
The EU admits the plan involves an invasion of privacy but
says the periods for which it must be retained - a minimum
of 12 months and a maximum of 24 months - is "not
disproportionate".
The data would include information identifying the source,
destination, and time of a communication, as well as the
personal details of the subscriber to any "communication
device".
For law enforcement agencies to access the data, the draft
EU decision gives a minimum list of offences, including
"participation in a criminal organisation, terrorism,
trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation of
children", drug trafficking, money-laundering, fraud,
racism, hijacking and "motor vehicle crime".
It states that the "confidentiality and integrity" of
retained traffic data must be "ensured" but does not say
how. Individuals have no right to check whether the
information held about their personal communications is
accurate or legally challenge decisions about its use by EU
authorities.
A member state will not be able to refuse a request for
information from another member state on human rights or
privacy grounds. There is also no common EU list of crimes
caught by the plan or of public agencies which could demand
the information.
But there is one element in the EU plan that the Britain
will not welcome. It says that personal data could be handed
to security services and law enforcement authorities only
with judicial approval.
In Britain, the regulation of investigatory powers act
allows law enforcement and intelligence agencies to access
personal communications data covering a wide range of
purposes, including public health and tax collection,
without any court or executive warrant.
In June, the Guardian revealed plans to extend the powers to
access data to all local councils, seven ministries and 11
quangos. David Blunkett, the home secretary, bowing to
intense public and political pressure, admitted the
government had "blundered" into the issue and that further
consultation was needed.
But the legality of the entire data retention framework in
this country has been cast into doubt. The information
commissioner, Elizabeth France, has warned the Home Office
that the new powers could be illegal because another law -
the Anti-Terrorism Act rushed through parliament after the
September 11 attacks - allows such data to be retained and
accessed only on national security grounds. According to
legal advice from an eminent QC, this would be illegal under
human rights law.
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of a communication, as well as the<BR>personal details of the subscriber =
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"communication<BR>device".<BR><BR>For law enforcement agencies to access =
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terrorism,<BR>trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation =
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Individuals have no right to check whether the<BR>information held about =
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information.<BR><BR>But=20
there is one element in the EU plan that the Britain<BR>will not =
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says that personal data could be handed<BR>to security services and law=20
enforcement authorities only<BR>with judicial approval.<BR><BR>In =
Britain, the=20
regulation of investigatory powers act<BR>allows law enforcement and=20
intelligence agencies to access<BR>personal communications data covering =
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