Decius wrote:
] ] "The Bush administration is planning to propose requiring
] ] Internet service providers to help build a centralized
] ] system to enable broad monitoring of the Internet and,
] ] potentially, surveillance of its users."
]
] This is the big story of the day. This is the Communications
] Assistance for Law Enforcement Act 2.0... Unlike the streets,
] where people seem to be meek, on the net this sort of thing
] never flies. They have people howling all over the place and
] the report hasn't even been released yet! :)

If you set aside the conspiracy theories, the proposed system actually sounds a lot like the "NIMI" that NSF and DARPA are already doing. In addition to NIMI, there is a standing proposal for a "GIMI." You may also already know about CAIDA, the Cooperative Association for Internet Data Analysis.

I've linked to the NIMI site here.

Bush Administration to Propose System for Monitoring Internet