University of Pennsylvania ScholarlyCommons Departmental Papers (CIS) Department of Computer & Information Science January 2008 Risking Communications Security: Potential Hazards of the Protect America Act Steven M. Bellovin Columbia University Matthew A. Blaze University of Pennsylvania,
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[email protected]. Risking Communications Security: Potential Hazards of the Protect America Act Abstract A new US law allows warrantless wiretapping whenever one end of the communication is believed to be outside national borders.