An email sent between two cities in China probably would travel through the United States -- putting its contents under American jurisdiction. The recently approved anti-terrorism law is a "massive expansion of U.S. sovereignty" that could be used to prosecute foreign hackers. And once that precedent is established, much of global Internet communications could come under American authority.
posted by tranquileye on Nov 22, 2001 - 17 comments

This case makes the new anti-terrorism bill seem not unreasonable.
posted by subpixel on Oct 26, 2001 - 20 comments