Technolgies of Political Control

Thanks to Axel Horns and Ulf Mller we offer an excerpt
of the draft European Parliament report on global
surveillance cited in news reports recently:

  An Appraisal of Technolgies of Political Control
Scientific and Technological Options Assessment
     Working Document (Consultation version)
                  PE 166 499
            Luxembourg, 6 January 1998

The report covers:

- The Role & Function of Political Control Technologies
- Recent Trends and Innovations
- Developments in Surveillance Technologies
- Innovations in Crowd Control Weapons
- New Prison Control Systems
- Interrogation, Torture Techniques and Technologies
- Regulation of Horizontal Proliferation
- Further Research

See excerpt: 

   http://jya.com/atpc.htm

Printed copies are available from the staff of the British MEP Glyn
Ford (tel +322 2843748 fax +322 2849059, jford@europarl.eu.int).

At 6:47 PM -0500 1/25/98, John Young wrote:
>Thanks to Axel Horns and Ulf Mller we offer an excerpt
>of the draft European Parliament report on global
>surveillance cited in news reports recently:
>
>  An Appraisal of Technolgies of Political Control
>Scientific and Technological Options Assessment
>     Working Document (Consultation version)
>                  PE 166 499
>            Luxembourg, 6 January 1998

The report makes mention of built-in surveillence feature in CCITT compliant ISDN products.  ""What is not widely known is that built in to the international CCITT protocol is the ability to take phones 'off hook' and listen into conversations occurring near the phone, without the user being aware that it is happening."  Seems like an awful lot of CP using ISDN gear should beware.  Many ISDN devices are firmware based.  Might this not spawn a number of good crack projects to remove this feature from popular products.  I use an Ascend P25.  The docs say its CCITT compliant.  Sooo does it enable this form of surveillence?  Enquiring minds want to know.


The draft paper referneces an article in SGR Newsletter, No.4, 1993.  Is this a reference to Scientists for Global Responsibility?  Where can I read a copy of this article?

--Steve