ACLU slams White House report for cyber-right concerns

The American Civil Liberties Union roundly criticized a draft White House report addressing means of combatting unlawful conduct on the Internet in a letter released on Wednesday. Titled "The Electronic Frontier: The Challenge of Unlawful Conduct on the Internet," the report advocates limiting citizens' ability to be anonymous on the Internet, repealing -- to some degree -- First Amendment protections, and curtailing privacy in the name of law enforcement. The report was created in response to Executive Order, 13,333, by a committee headed by Attorney General Janet Reno. The ACLU letter to Reno raised concerns that law enforcement was using the panic over Internet crimes as a reason for undermining civil rights. -- Robert Lemos, ZDNet News