[ga] Re: [Politech] Open letter on security, civil liberties from Farber, Dyson, Lemmey [priv]

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Declan and all,

 Dave and a very few others on Markels task force do have creditability
however Esther Dyson does not and is well documented as to knowing
very little regarding security, let alone civil liberties.  Her past
involvement
in ICANN as COB was well publicized as abysmal on many levels.  Hence
such a task force by the markel foundation in these areas, is diminished
accordingly.

  Refrences can be found at:
http://www.dnso.org/dnso/gaarchives.html
http://www.atlargestudy.org/forum_archive/index.shtml

Declan McCullagh wrote:

> [Related to last week's post from Marc Rotenberg titled "Civil liberties
> coalition letter on 9/11 legislation." --Declan]
>
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Enhancing Security and Civil Liberties -- An open letter from
> Dave Farber, Esther Dyson and Tara Lemmey
> Date: Thu, 7 Oct 2004 18:01:24 -0400
> From: David Farber <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Declan McCullagh <declan@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Enhancing Security and Civil Liberties
> An open letter from Dave Farber, Esther Dyson and Tara Lemmey
>
> As long-time civil liberty and privacy advocates, we are concerned with
> any government program or new technology that could lead to a loss of
> the personal freedoms that all Americans have a right to. Thus, as we
> consider how technology can help our government more efficiently fight
> the war on terror, we are also looking for ways that it can enhance
> rather than constrain those rights, most particularly in limiting the
> dissemination of information that is not relevant to an investigation,
> and in supporting more monitoring and accountability in the use of data
> by government agents.
>
> For the past three years, we have brought this perspective to the
> Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the Information
> Age, a group that has dedicated considerable time and resources to
> determine how best to mobilize information to improve security while
> protecting established liberties. Legislation currently being debated
> in Congress to implement the 9/11 Commission recommendations to reform
> our nation's intelligence community includes a provision based largely
> on the Task Force's work calling for the creation of a trusted
> information network that would foster better and more targeted
> information sharing and substantially improve our ability to predict
> and prevent terrorist attacks while at the same time meeting our goals
> for protection of civil liberties.
>
> The Markle Task Force consists of leading national security experts
> from five administrations, as well as widely recognized experts on
> technology and civil liberties. Over the last several years, the Task
> Force's work has broken new ground on how technology and policy can be
> used together to enhance security and privacy. The Task Force's latest
> report, Creating a Trusted Information Network for Homeland Security,
> details the necessary elements of a proposed System-wide Homeland
> Analysis and Resource Exchange (SHARE) network that would more
> effectively combat terrorism than does our current system, while
> protecting privacy.
>
> If our recommendations are adopted - as looks likely - it is vital that
> they be adopted completely, with the important protections for civil
> liberties implemented thoroughly and in good faith. Lip service is not
> enough.
>
> The SHARE network would allow us to move from our current Cold War
> mentality of classification and "need to know" to a system better able
> to counter the threat of terrorism. This new approach is based on the
> idea of the "need to share" and is governed by clear government-wide
> guidelines on how information is collected and used and by whom, as
> well as strong oversight provisions built into the design of the
> network.
>
> During the course of the debate in Congress over the implementation of
> the 9/11 Commission recommendations, valid questions have been raised
> over civil liberty concerns and role of such an information sharing
> network. We grappled with these same questions as we worked through our
> recommendations for the Task Force. We also learned important lessons
> from the problems of other efforts like the Total Information Awareness
> program (TIA) and MATRIX, both of which have raised serious privacy
> concerns. We eventually determined that you can achieve a balance
> between security and privacy if you ensure that strong guidelines,
> transparency, accountability and oversight are built into the network
> from the start.
>
> In addition to the approach of building policy into the design of the
> network, the Task Force also designed the network not as a centralized
> database, but as a set of pointers and directories that allow only
> authorized users to gain access to information. The system also calls
> for regular and robust internal audits of how information is collected
> and stored and used.  Privacy technologies such as anonymization,
> permission controls, and audit trails are built into the design of the
> network to prevent abuse. In addition, the Task Force also calls for a
> phased implementation to allow for appropriate public comment and a
> strong civil liberties board to oversee the system and ensure that
> privacy
>
> The SHARE network capability, if implemented properly, would give us
> the ability to overcome the systematic barriers to information sharing
> that so seriously constrained our intelligence agencies prior to the
> 9/11 terrorist attacks, and that unfortunately still exist today. It
> would also provide us with the best opportunity not only to balance
> security and privacy, but to enhance them both as well.
>
> David Farber is Distinguished Career Professor of Computer Science and
> Public Policy at the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon
> University. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of the Electronic
> Frontier Foundation. Esther Dyson is editor at large of CNET Netwoks,
> editor of Release 1.0 and former chairman of the Internet Corporation
> for Assigned Names and Numbers. Tara Lemmey is founder and CEO of LENS
> Ventures Inc., a network of experts focused on innovation in
> technology, science, law and economics. She previously served as
> president of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. They are all members
> of the Markle Foundation Task Force on National Security in the
> Information Age. For more information on the Markle Foundation Task
> Force on National Security in the Information age, please see
> www.markle.org.
>
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