IP: FBI Surveillance

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

I have involvement for the defense in this case djf

> From: "D. Ian Hopper" <ihopper () ap org>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: FBI Surveillance
> Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 14:59:30 -0400
>
> FYI.
>
> FBI Using High-Tech Gadgets
> By D. IAN HOPPER, AP Technology Writer
>
> WASHINGTON (AP) - By bugging a keyboard or using special software, FBI
> (news - web sites) agents can remotely capture a computer user's every
> keystroke.
>
> With a black box, they can intercept e-mail from miles away.
>
> In a van parked outside, they secretly can recreate the pictures on a
> computer screen from its electromagnetic energy.
>
> The legal limits for these new investigative tools will get a test
> Monday when a federal court in New Jersey examines a mob case in which
> agents, without a wiretap order, recorded a suspect's computer
> keystrokes.
>
> http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010728/tc/fbi_surveillance_1.html
>
> - Ian.



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