NSA wiretap leads to arrest

[Sean Donelan <sean () donelan com>]

Operational as far as service provider capability to assist lawful
interception of networks.  Previous NANOG meetings have dealt with
the topic.  There are several other forums for related comments.

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040406.gtterror06/BNStory/Technology/

  Citing anonymous sources in the British intelligence community, The
  Sunday Times reported that an e-mail message intercepted by NSA spies
  precipitated a massive investigation by intelligence officials in
  several countries that culminated in the arrest of nine men in Britain
  and one in suburban Orleans, Ont. -- 24-year-old software developer
  Mohammed Momin Khawaja, who has since been charged with facilitating a
  terrorist act and being part of a terrorist group.

  The Orleans arrest is considered an operational milestone for this vast
  electronic eavesdropping network and its operators. But Dave Farber, an
  Internet pioneer and computer-science professor at Carnegie-Mellon
  University in Pittsburgh, said the circumstances are also notable
  because it will be the first time that routine U.S. monitoring of
  e-mail traffic has led to an arrest.