Bill would let police monitor your e-mail

[Tyranny_R_US]

OTTAWA - The federal cabinet will review new legislation this fall that would give police and security agencies vast powers to begin surveillance of the Internet without court authority.

The new measures would allow law-enforcement agents to intercept personal e-mails, text messages and possibly even password-secure websites used for purchasing and financial transactions.

University of Ottawa professor Michael Geist, a law and privacy expert involved in consultations over the bill, said a draft version of the legislation circulated earlier this year did not require court authority for police to intercept communications or demand information from Internet servers.

"I think it's the kind of legislation that is literally going to shock millions of Canadians," said Geist.

http://www.canada.com/windsor/windsorstar/news/story.html?id=906ecfe4-1adc-45e2-998d-cb5c96f01fb2

[dchill]

1. Bill who?

Don't kid yourself, it's already being monitored.

[Gyre]

2. Probably not your email.

Yet. Can't imagine the Canadians letting this happen.:)

Gyre

[Tyranny_R_US]

3. I remember watching C-SPAN during the RNC convention

I heard about 2-3 freepnadians who called the comment line and was very fond of Bush so I wouldn't put it past those types to allow something like this pass without a wimper.