FC: FBI pushes Carnivore on network providers after attacks

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html

   Anti-Attack Feds Push Carnivore
   By Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com)
   2:00 a.m. Sep. 12, 2001 PDT

   WASHINGTON -- Federal police are reportedly increasing Internet
   surveillance after Tuesday's deadly attacks on the World Trade Center
   and the Pentagon.

   Just hours after three airplanes smashed into the buildings in what
   some U.S. legislators have dubbed a second Pearl Harbor, FBI agents
   began to visit Web-based, e-mail firms and network providers,
   according to engineers at those companies who spoke on condition of
   anonymity.

   An administrator at one major network service provider said that FBI
   agents showed up at his workplace on Tuesday "with a couple of
   Carnivores, requesting permission to place them in our core, along
   with offers to actually pay for circuits and costs."

   [...]

   Microsoft's Hotmail service has also been the target of increased
   federal attention, according to an engineer who works there.

   "Hotmail officials have been receiving calls from the San Francisco
   FBI office since mid-(Tuesday) morning and are cooperating with their
   expedited requests for information about a few specific accounts," the
   person said. "Most of the account names start with the word 'Allah'
   and contain messages in Arabic."

   [...]




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