At every opportunity, the Clintonians have moved to close down the wild cyber-frontier and place it firmly under their control. Angling for a law that would force ISPs to keep activity logs that would be open to government inspectors and regulators, this administration is especially eager that new telecommunications and Internet protocols are developed in such a way as to facilitate government access. In the world of cyber-Orwellian future, all software authors must be licensed before their code can be placed on the net, and all source code will be filed with government agencies. As we have seen, the government has a lot of insecure computers on the net. As mega-mergers cartelize the media , and Janet Reno moves in on the Internet, the question of who are the mystery hackers takes on an ominous urgency.
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