FBI's Carnivore System Exposed: Email Surveillance and Privacy Concerns

An FBI memo reveals that Carnivore, the FBI's e-mail bugging system, is able to intercept far more information than FBI officials testified to Congress, a privacy advocacy organization claims. Carnivore can intercept so-called unfiltered e-mail traffic -- which is not covered . . . An FBI memo reveals that Carnivore, the FBI's e-mail bugging system, is able to intercept far more information than FBI officials testified to Congress, a privacy advocacy organization claims. Carnivore can intercept so-called unfiltered e-mail traffic -- which is not covered by court orders -- according to Wayne Madsen of the Electronic Privacy Information Center in Washington, D.C. But that's not what FBI officials told Congress in September, Madsen said.

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