An independent review board said Thursday that a controversial FBI electronic wiretap tool was appropriate for law-enforcement use, changing little from its draft report released last month. In its final report to the U.S. Justice Department, a group of researchers at . . .
An independent review board said Thursday that a controversial FBI electronic wiretap tool was appropriate for law-enforcement use, changing little from its draft report released last month. In its final report to the U.S. Justice Department, a group of researchers at the Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) added recommendations that the Justice Department should maintain tight central control of the e-mail monitoring system, dubbed Carnivore.

They also recommended that all comprehensive searches require Justice Department approval and that Carnivore be modified to document all of its activities to prevent abuse.

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