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Criminal Law

Duke Law

2002

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Vigilantes V. Pirates: The Rumble Over Peer-To-Peer Technology Hits The House Floor, Christopher Fazekas Oct 2002

Vigilantes V. Pirates: The Rumble Over Peer-To-Peer Technology Hits The House Floor, Christopher Fazekas

Duke Law & Technology Review

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Protecting The Homeland By Exemption: Why The Critical Infrastructure Information Act Of 2002 Will Degrade The Freedom Of Information Act, Brett Stohs Sep 2002

Protecting The Homeland By Exemption: Why The Critical Infrastructure Information Act Of 2002 Will Degrade The Freedom Of Information Act, Brett Stohs

Duke Law & Technology Review

To protect against "cyberterror," the House version of the Homeland Security Act exempts information related to the nation's critical infrastructure from the Freedom of Information Act disclosure requirements. The proposed exemption unnecessarily threatens public access to vital information about health and safety information; information the Freedom of Information Act was designed to guarantee.


Closed Circuit Television For Inside Your Head: Blanket Traffic Data Retention And The Emergency Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Caspar Bowden Apr 2002

Closed Circuit Television For Inside Your Head: Blanket Traffic Data Retention And The Emergency Anti-Terrorism Legislation, Caspar Bowden

Duke Law & Technology Review

Caspar Bowden, Director of the Foundation for Information Policy Research (FIPR), explains the technical and legal context of unprecedented new surveillance capabilities, with particular reference to the UK's Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act 2000. He discusses why these powers are unlikely to be effective in detecting or disrupting the communications of terrorist cells or organized crime, but present significant new threats to the security, privacy, and freedom of expression of the law-abiding.


Cracking The Code To Privacy: How Far Can The Fbi Go?, Angela Murphy Jan 2002

Cracking The Code To Privacy: How Far Can The Fbi Go?, Angela Murphy

Duke Law & Technology Review

As the Nation continues to deal with the fallout of the events of September 11th, it must continue to decide what limits on privacy will be sacrificed in order to allow the government to tighten its security efforts. Who would have guessed that in this crazy post-September 11th world, the latest champion of Constitutional freedoms would be a reputed mobster?