another informative news story provided by theregister:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23036.html

[QUOTE]An amendment to the definition of a "protected computer" for the first time explicitly enables U.S. law enforcement to prosecute computer hackers outside the United States in cases where neither the hackers nor their victims are in the U.S., provided only that packets related to that activity traveled through U.S. computers or routers.

 

from now, I can't say anything bad about US..!!

 

good thing i keep my nose clean from this sorta thing...who needs the internet police up there ass?

 

Indeed

 

Basically all net packets go through some routing server based in the states. Majority of .com operations are also based on states servers, so if this law is passed ... Basically they have control of 90% of the internet space.