Date: 21 Mar 92 18:21:11 EST
From: Gordon Meyer <72307.1502@COMPUSERVE.COM>
Subject: File 8-- BloomBecker's Legal Guidelines at CV&SC Conference (reprint)

 J.J. Buck BloomBecker, the director of the National Center for Computer
 Crime, called for the adoption of a new nationwide set of legal guide-
 lines concerning computer crime. BloomBecker, speaking at th15e 5th annual
 Computer Virus & Security Conference, proposed 5 points:

 1. The creation of a $200 crime law deductible. Damages incurred below
    that figure would not be the subject of criminal action.

 2. The creation of a civil course of action for inadequate computer
    security

 3. The making of reckless computing a felony. "Reckless computing" is
    classified as anything which could potentially cause damage.

 4. The making a careless computing a misdemeanor.

 5. The enactment of greater protection against unreasonable search and
    seizure.

 Bloombecker's recommendations and supporting statements were the subject
 of much conversation at his conference session. Donald Delaney, New York
 State Police Senior Investigator, decried the setting of a deductible
 for computer crime, pointing out that in the struggle against cellular
 phone call-selling operations, it is often an arrest for a single call
 under $200 that shuts down an on-going multi-thousand dollar fraud
 operation.
 (reprinted from ST REPORT #8.12  3/20/92 with permission)

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