Just in from The Register: a recently uncovered bill proposal drafted by the Justice Department proposes to vastly expand the government's surveillence and data-collection capabilities. Such expansions include:

Eliminating the need for an issuing subpoena or warrent to access a suspects credit report.

Criminalizing the use of cryptography to conceal any "incriminating communication".

Granting authority to law enforcement to monitor a suspects voice and web based communications over their cell-phone.

Those are the "highlights". Check out the full story here