Feds to give cops Internet-snooping powers

Feds to give cops Internet-snooping powers (6)

Archived Articles | 18 Jun 2009 | EWR

Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service

OTTAWA — Police will be given new powers to eavesdrop on Internet-based communications as part of a contentious government bill, to be announced Thursday, which Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan has said is needed to modernize surveillance laws crafted during "the era of the rotary phone."

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Peter20 Jun 2009 07:01

Anna, do you really want to live in a society were the police can arbitrarily decide who to snoop on without a warrant? The system that we now have in place makes us different from totalitarian countries and I see no reason to change it.

to Anna20 Jun 2009 06:34

Why not listen in to all phone calls, open peoples mail and listen to all f2f conversations without warrants as well. Thugs use those methods as well.

Anna19 Jun 2009 10:58

I have nothing to hide and welcome the surveillance if it helps to lock up the thugs, terrorists, pedofiles, etc.

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