IP: DOJ signs Illinois research team to review Carnivore

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> From: "Eric D. Williams" <eric () infobro com>
> To: "Dave Farber (E-mail)" <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: DOJ signs Illinois research team to review Carnivore
> Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000 18:37:43 -0400
>
> My only question.  Why is an Illinois based not-for-profit running a facility
> in Lanham, MD?
>
> http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/Printer_Friendly_Version/frame/0,1212,NAV47
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> DOJ signs Illinois research team to review Carnivore
>
> By Ann Harrison
> (Sep. 27, 2000) In an attempt to address the privacy concerns surrounding the
> FBI's controversial and secretive Carnivore e-mail surveillance system, the
> U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) yesterday announced that it has chosen a 
> team
> of researchers affiliated with the Illinois Institute of Technology to carry
> out a promised technical review of Carnivore.
> The DOJ said the team from the IIT Research Institute (IITRI) will be paid an
> estimated $175,000 to determine if the computer-based investigative tool
> contains enough safeguards to ensure that it doesn't invade the privacy of
> individuals who aren't being investigated by the FBI. The 35-page contract
> signed yesterday by the DOJ and IITRI specifies that the actual payment 
> will be
> based on the time and materials needed to carry out the review.
>
> IITRI, a not-for-profit research and development organization in Chicago, 
> will
> review Carnivore at a research facility it operates in Lanham, Md. The DOJ 
> said
> the review will begin immediately and is scheduled to be completed in 
> December,
> after which a report will be made available for public comment. An interim
> draft report is due to be released in late November.
>
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