Hacking NPR's David Kestenbaum reports that the Clinton Administration has drawn up a plan to create an extensive computer monitoring system. This new system would enable the government to examine electronic communications in order to protect government and corporate computer systems from destructive hackers and potential terrorists. Details of the plan are still being worked out, but it is already drawing fire from civil libertarians and some computer experts.

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Hacking

July 28, 199912:00 AM ET

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NPR's David Kestenbaum reports that the Clinton Administration has drawn up a plan to create an extensive computer monitoring system. This new system would enable the government to examine electronic communications in order to protect government and corporate computer systems from destructive hackers and potential terrorists. Details of the plan are still being worked out, but it is already drawing fire from civil libertarians and some computer experts.