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FBI: Carnivore Email Sniffer Program Update On Information Disclosure

Calendar Aug 10, 2000 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has informed a U.S. congressman who is seeking information about an e-mail sniffer program known as Carnivore that the agency is not ready to release details about the system.. . . The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has informed a U.S. congressman who is seeking information about an e-mail sniffer program known as Carnivore that the agency is not ready to release details about the system.

The FBI, in a letter Wednesday to Representative Bob Barr, a Republican from Georgia, said the bureau was "not presently in a position" to provide the documents he requested, an FBI spokesman confirmed Thursday.

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