Wired crimefighters
If computer hackers can swap information in secret chat rooms and hold training conferences, so can computer cops. This week, over 400 computer-savvy law detectives, government agents and security industry professionals are gathering in Connecticut at "Cybercrime 2001" to swap stories about fighting crime using the Internet.
Among the more telling was Sgt. John J. McLean's story of undercover work performed by a clever ATF agent hunting down a murder suspect last year.