David Sobel Quotes

Why wasn't some moratorium on Carnivore announced? ... How can the administration on one hand say they are trying to improve online privacy and also, at the same time, approve the use of technology that appears to be inherently invasive? - David Sobel

Where the basis of the request comes from is that the government itself has revealed nothing about these initiatives. The objective here is to move beyond unnamed DOT sources to really make public on an official basis some of the details. - David Sobel

When this kind of power is used in the regular criminal justice system, there are some built-in checks and balances. The intelligence context provides no such protection. That's the main problem with these kinds of secretive procedures. - David Sobel

We're seeing what might be the tip of the iceberg at the FBI and across the intelligence community. It indicates that the existing mechanisms do not appear adequate to prevent abuses or to ensure the public that abuses that are identified are treated seriously and remedied. - David Sobel

We're now at a critical point in this debate, ... and the balance could really go either way. - David Sobel

We will end up in a fight over what of this information can be made public. We welcome that fight because at least it won't be the unilateral decision of the agency; it will be up to a federal judge. - David Sobel

There are some very legitimate community concerns that a lot of companies would like to conceal in the name of fighting cyber-terrorism, ... It will become too easy to hide behind the shield of critical infrastructure protection in the same way that organizations in the past hid behind 'national security' to protect information that they didn't want to have disclosed. - David Sobel

The plaintiff asked for a permanent injunction to affect individuals other than the two defendants who have agreed to this. - David Sobel

The number of these lawsuits is exploding. - David Sobel

The general sense is that with Gerald Solomon's retirement, a significant obstacle has been removed. - David Sobel

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