Time: Mon Nov 11 20:00:07 1996 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Cc: Bcc: liberty lists >To: pmitch@primenet.com >Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 19:22:09 PST >From: oneazman@juno.com (Alfred R Martin) > >I found this in the Dear Abby section of the Arizona Republic Newspaper, >today, Veterans Day: > > Privacy is the precious right of every American, and when our own >government workers abuse their access to records, it's doubly wrong. The >good news is that just before Congress adjourned, we passed a law making >it a crime to misuse computer access to obtain private information in >government files. > The new law is the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act. > Both hackers who break into government computers from the outside and >government employees who abuse their computer privileges from the inside >to obtain personal information about Americans will now be subject to >criminal penalties. > For details about these new privacy protections, your readers can >visit my home page at > http://www.senate.gov/leahy/ > >---------Patrick J. Leahy, U.S. Senator, Vermont > >
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