Gonzales Wants ISPs to Save User Data

By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet providers to preserve customer records, asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography.

Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller have met with several Internet providers, including Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, Comcast Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc.