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From: "William" <willone73 at hotmail.com>
To: <cyber-rights at ecn.org>
Subject: [cyber~rights] I: Council of Europe drafts secret "Second Protocol"
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 01:47:36 +0100


----- Original Message -----
From: Declan McCullagh <declan at well.com>
Subject: FC: Council of Europe drafts secret "Second Protocol"




 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50529,00.html

    Beefed-Up Global Surveillance?
    By Declan McCullagh (declan at wired.com)
    2:00 a.m. Feb. 20, 2002 PST

    WASHINGTON -- An addition to an international treaty could permit
    police to cooperate more closely on intercepting and decrypting the
    communications of suspected terrorists.

    The Council of Europe, which includes nearly all European nations, is
    meeting this week to prepare additions to a controversial "cybercrime"
    treaty that would cover decoding terrorist messages. The United
    States, Canada and Japan are non-voting members of the council.

    Peter Csonka, the head of the Council of Europe's economic crime
    division, said when the drafting process for the so-called Second
    Protocol is complete, the document will address "how to identify, how
    to filter, and how to trace communications between terrorists."

    Details are scarce, and the Council of Europe has repeatedly refused
    to elaborate. Csonka would not confirm or deny whether the Second
    Protocol will advance limits on encryption technology, coordinate
    code-breaking efforts among member nations, or increase electronic
    surveillance performed against people linked to terrorism.

    This week's closed-door meeting, reportedly taking place at the
    council's headquarters in Strasbourg, France, includes representatives
    from the U.S. Justice Department, which was one of the most
    enthusiastic backers of the original treaty.