[DailyRotten] FBI requests worm-built password log

[Jay D. Dyson]

On Mon, 17 Dec 2001, Gordon Mohr wrote:

> http://www.dailyrotten.com/articles/archive/189387.html
> 
> I can see legitimate reasons for wanting the log: tracing the
> progression/origin of the worm, or notifying the victims. 
> 
> But the interplay with MagicLantern and PatriotAct issues is
> thought-provoking... 

	Actually, this is nothing new.  The boys at the Bureau have a long
history of requesting data to which they have no genuine legal right of
access.  Their original requests -- with few exceptions -- bank on
ignorance of due process.

	In my time with Attrition.Org, especially during the heyday of the
Attrition defacement mirror (which definitely predated 9/11 and the
Patriot Act), we received a number of requests for all kinds of
information from federal LEOs.  Our response was simple and consistent:
deliver to us a court subpoena for specific data and we will comply. 

	In all that time, we only got two or three subpoenas; none of
which were even fractionally as expansive as the original requests.

	I've said it before and I'll say it again: anyone who gets such
requests should politely and firmly require a court subpoena and, if they
encounter any attempts at strong-arm tactics, retain an attorney who is
well-versed on high-technology and net-related law (someone like Jennifer
Granick...who happens to be my attorney <g>). 

-Jay

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