26.09.2014 - 13:53 [ Techdirt ]

Australian AG Insists New Anti-Terror Law Only Allows What It Allows; Refuses To Say What It Allows

Yesterday we told you about just one of the troubling aspects of a proposed „anti-terror“ law in Australia, in that under a single warrant, ASIO, the intelligence gathering organization, could effectively monitor the entire internet. During some Parliamentary discussions on this, Senator Scott Ludlam tried to add an amendment limiting the number of computers that could be monitored under a single warrant. Brandis‘ „contribution“ to the debate on this was to accuse Ludlam of being a „liar“ for claiming that the law would allow the tapping of the entire internet under a single warrant and then… refusing any further explanation. The exchange is really quite incredible.