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Congress gives "all clear" to effectively stop Wikileaks bank leak with firewall

Started by Da6s, December 12, 2010, 01:47:16 AM

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Da6s

December 12, 2010, 01:47:16 AM
http://www.redesign.rumormiller.com/story.php?title=congress-agrees-to-halt-bank-scans-1


QuoteCongress today agreed that the scans of accounts and assets at all US banks were too invasive to continue. "In light of privacy concerns raised by banks, we're calling for a 2 year moratorium." Announced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The scans, passed as part of President Obama's response to the meltdown of the financial system were aimed at detecting behavior that could lead toxic assets to flow into US financial markets. Since their inception many banks have complained that the scans violate their privacy and are ineffective at best. Chase Bank President Jamie Dimon famously told a Senate Financial Committee "Don't touch our junk bonds, or I'll have you arrested!"

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell explained that halting the scans was an important first step in restoring the economy. In response to criticism that he broke his pledge to allow an legislation to pass before the restoration of Bush-era tax cuts, McConnell angrily defended his colleagues' actions saying "banking is the heart of our democracy. If the banks start complaining that we are violating their privacy, we, the Congress, has to act now, this isn't something that can wait until after the Christmas recess."

In addition, to halting all further scans, Congress began debating a bill which would impose a mandatory 15 year federal jail term for leaking internal banking documents. At press time the bill was expected to pass after House Democrats agreed to a clause calling for construction of a firewall that would prevent Americans from accidently reading leaked banking documents published by websites hosted in other countries. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to criticism that the bill would violate the principles of open communication on which the internet was founded by saying "When this bill passes there will be serious jail time for reading leaked documents; if the firewall saves just one child from having to spend time in prison then it's worth it."



Looks like my life of cybercrime starts a lot sooner than I thought it would.
We appear to be doomed by our DNA to repeat the same destructive behaviors our forebears have repeated for millenia. If anything our problem solving skills have actually diminished with the advent of technology & our ubiquitous modern conveniences. & yet despite our predisposition towards fear-driven hostility; towards what we anachronistically term primitive behavior another instinct is just as firmly encoded in our make-up. We are capable as our ancestors were of incredible breathtaking acts of kindness. Every hour of every day a man risks his life at a moments notice to save another. Forget for a moment the belligerent benevolent billionaires who grant the unfortunate a crumb of costfree cake. I speak of pure acts of selflessness. A Mother who rushes into the street to save a child from a speeding vehicle. A person who runs into a burning building to reach a family trapped on the upper story. Such actions,such moments,such unconscious selfless decisions,define what it is to be human

Phox

#1
December 12, 2010, 01:52:07 AM
Quote from: Da6s on December 12, 2010, 01:47:16 AM
http://www.redesign.rumormiller.com/story.php?title=congress-agrees-to-halt-bank-scans-1


QuoteCongress today agreed that the scans of accounts and assets at all US banks were too invasive to continue. "In light of privacy concerns raised by banks, we're calling for a 2 year moratorium." Announced House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The scans, passed as part of President Obama's response to the meltdown of the financial system were aimed at detecting behavior that could lead toxic assets to flow into US financial markets. Since their inception many banks have complained that the scans violate their privacy and are ineffective at best. Chase Bank President Jamie Dimon famously told a Senate Financial Committee "Don't touch our junk bonds, or I'll have you arrested!"

Republican Senator Mitch McConnell explained that halting the scans was an important first step in restoring the economy. In response to criticism that he broke his pledge to allow an legislation to pass before the restoration of Bush-era tax cuts, McConnell angrily defended his colleagues' actions saying "banking is the heart of our democracy. If the banks start complaining that we are violating their privacy, we, the Congress, has to act now, this isn't something that can wait until after the Christmas recess."

In addition, to halting all further scans, Congress began debating a bill which would impose a mandatory 15 year federal jail term for leaking internal banking documents. At press time the bill was expected to pass after House Democrats agreed to a clause calling for construction of a firewall that would prevent Americans from accidently reading leaked banking documents published by websites hosted in other countries. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi responded to criticism that the bill would violate the principles of open communication on which the internet was founded by saying "When this bill passes there will be serious jail time for reading leaked documents; if the firewall saves just one child from having to spend time in prison then it's worth it."



Looks like my life of cybercrime starts a lot sooner than I thought it would.


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Juana

#2
December 12, 2010, 02:12:05 AM
What a fab non-answer, Pelosi. UGH. Not voting for her next time around.

QuoteIn response to criticism that he broke his pledge to allow an legislation to pass before the restoration of Bush-era tax cuts, McConnell angrily defended his colleagues' actions saying "banking is the heart of our democracy. If the banks start complaining that we are violating their privacy, we, the Congress, has to act now, this isn't something that can wait until after the Christmas recess."
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Telarus

#3
December 12, 2010, 02:17:09 AM
Won't Somebody Please Think Of The Children Banks!
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#4
December 12, 2010, 02:25:42 AM
We appear to be doomed by our DNA to repeat the same destructive behaviors our forebears have repeated for millenia. If anything our problem solving skills have actually diminished with the advent of technology & our ubiquitous modern conveniences. & yet despite our predisposition towards fear-driven hostility; towards what we anachronistically term primitive behavior another instinct is just as firmly encoded in our make-up. We are capable as our ancestors were of incredible breathtaking acts of kindness. Every hour of every day a man risks his life at a moments notice to save another. Forget for a moment the belligerent benevolent billionaires who grant the unfortunate a crumb of costfree cake. I speak of pure acts of selflessness. A Mother who rushes into the street to save a child from a speeding vehicle. A person who runs into a burning building to reach a family trapped on the upper story. Such actions,such moments,such unconscious selfless decisions,define what it is to be human

Requia ☣

#6
December 12, 2010, 02:29:37 AM
Kindof a pity really, I can't imagine a better way to get everybody looking at the banks' dirty laundry.
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Da6s

#7
December 12, 2010, 02:39:51 AM
remember the days when it was obvious what articles were satire and what was legit news™?
We appear to be doomed by our DNA to repeat the same destructive behaviors our forebears have repeated for millenia. If anything our problem solving skills have actually diminished with the advent of technology & our ubiquitous modern conveniences. & yet despite our predisposition towards fear-driven hostility; towards what we anachronistically term primitive behavior another instinct is just as firmly encoded in our make-up. We are capable as our ancestors were of incredible breathtaking acts of kindness. Every hour of every day a man risks his life at a moments notice to save another. Forget for a moment the belligerent benevolent billionaires who grant the unfortunate a crumb of costfree cake. I speak of pure acts of selflessness. A Mother who rushes into the street to save a child from a speeding vehicle. A person who runs into a burning building to reach a family trapped on the upper story. Such actions,such moments,such unconscious selfless decisions,define what it is to be human

the last yatto

#8
December 12, 2010, 02:47:54 AM
come on JUNK BONDS?
Look, asshole:  Your 'incomprehensible' act, your word-salad, your pinealism...It BORES ME.  I've been incomprehensible for so long, I TEACH IT TO MBA CANDIDATES.  So if you simply MUST talk about your pineal gland or happy children dancing in the wildflowers, go talk to Roger, because he digs that kind of shit

Phox

#9
December 12, 2010, 02:47:59 AM
Quote from: Da6s on December 12, 2010, 02:39:51 AM
remember the days when it was obvious what articles were satire and what was legit news™?

Yeah... those were some boring times.  :lulz:

Remington

#10
December 12, 2010, 07:10:59 AM
Damn near gave me a heart attack.  :x

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NWC

#11
December 12, 2010, 03:31:54 PM
Quote from: Da6s on December 12, 2010, 02:39:51 AM
remember the days when it was obvious what articles were satire and what was legit news™?

oh this.
PROSECUTORS WILL BE TRANSGRESSICUTED

The Good Reverend Roger

#12
December 13, 2010, 04:50:38 PM
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

If this bill passes, kiddies will go to jail, so we need to pass this law so they won't.

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East Coast Hustle

#13
December 13, 2010, 05:08:55 PM
Except it's not real.
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The Good Reverend Roger

#14
December 13, 2010, 05:32:13 PM
Quote from: East Coast Hipster on December 13, 2010, 05:08:55 PM
Except it's not real.

Yet.   :lulz:

Poe's Law OWNS this fucking Century.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.
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