********* Date: Fri, 04 May 2001 18:50:44 -0400 From: Ian Hopper <ihopperat_private> To: declanat_private Subject: For Politech Declan: Documents Show FBI Web Surveillance By D. IAN HOPPER, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI (news - web sites) has used Internet eavesdropping tools to track fugitives, drug dealers, extortionists, computer hackers and suspected foreign intelligence agents, documents show. The documents, obtained by The Associated Press under the Freedom of Information Act, also detail how the FBI scurried last year to prove it wasn't ``randomly looking at everyone's e-mail'' once its Web surveillance practices came under attack. The FBI records show the agency used its controversial Carnivore system 13 times between October 1999 and August 2000 to monitor Internet communications, and a similar device, Etherpeek, another 11 times. ... http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010504/pl/internet_eavesdropping_1.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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