Reply #5: I hope you and Tux are right. BUT

[johnaries]

if B* has full access to ISP information he will know the owners of and posters to every website operating within the US. And although the Internet is International, he could conceivably force every US ISP to implement filters (just like AOL already does so that you can only visit "AOL approved" sites). You know, to "protect Americans" from child porn sites... as well as anything else he doesn't want us to view.

Edit to add: don't kid yourself that you're safe from detection because you're using proxy servers or DHCP. There are ways around those. ISP's keep records. Teh same recrds B* is trying to gain access to.