FC: A glimpse into how the FBI uses Carnivore, by Ian Hopper

From: Declan McCullagh (declanat_private)
Date: Fri May 04 2001 - 15:59:00 PDT

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    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.
    
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    http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010504/pl/internet_eavesdropping_1.html
    
    
    
    
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