Again, good point, Mr. Kuo. Having had some limited exposure to this, I suspect that the tribunals would be conducted under international law, and would be handled procedurally similar to the war crimes tribunals that are now being conducted at the Hague regarding the Kosovo conflict. Without conducting it's terrorism tribunal in a similar manner employing similar guidelines, and probably at the Hague also, the US would lose the support of other nations. Politically, at least, the US would find itself unable to establish legitimacy under international law if it did otherwise. In such tribunals, international law does not require the evidentiary restrictions that our domestic courts employ in criminal matters. It is more akin to rules of evidence used in our domestic administrative courts. How this type of wire interception would be handled is anybody's guess because the law is still evolving, but prosecutors would have to lay a proper foundation to show how the evidence was compiled, etc. -----Original Message----- From: owner-crime@/var/spool/majordomo/lists/crime [mailto:owner-crime@/var/spool/majordomo/lists/crime]On Behalf Of Kuo, Jimmy Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 10:33 PM To: 'crime@private ' Subject: RE: CRIME Kudos to Acting Police Chief Andrew Kirkland >ObCRIME Mailing list: It was recently reported >http://www.msnbc.com/news/660096.asp?cp1=1 >that the FBI has added a new feature ("Magic Lantern") to Carnivore >that will seek to obtain crypto keys from suspects' computers using >an e-mail virus. An interesting question I have not seen answered >is whether the FBI or other government agencies will need a warrent >to deploy such tools, or to use the fruits there of. Anyone in law >enforcement have a clue of whether you need a warrent to hack into >a suspect's computer? First, it's not a virus. It's a trojan. Second, I believe Ashcroft has answered that question already. The answer is, no warrant is needed if there is no intention to use the information gathered for a prosecution. OTOH, (my guess), there's no telling what would be usable in the tribunals. Jimmy
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