Colleges Protest Call to Upgrade Online Systems

This is pretty big news for colleges and universities. According to this NYTimes piece, b Sam Dillon and Stephen Labaton, "The federal government, vastly extending the reach of an 11-year-old law, is requiring hundreds of universities, online communications companies and cities to overhaul their Internet computer networks to make it easier for law enforcement authorities to monitor e-mail and other online communications." Forunately, Universities themselves have opposed this, citing the huge cost and rapid timetable for this to occur. Civil liberties, however, should concern the rest of us. You may read this article here.