IP: ASHCROFT MAY END E-MAIL SURVEILLANCE: Edupage, April 27, 2001

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> ASHCROFT MAY END E-MAIL SURVEILLANCE
> The future of the FBI's DCS1000 e-mail-monitoring system, also
> known as Carnivore, is in doubt. The FBI is pressing Attorney
> General John Ashcroft to allow the system to remain operational,
> but there appears to be good reason to believe that Ashcroft, a
> noted privacy advocate, may not give his approval to the system.
> Ashcroft has the power to make changes to DCS1000 or even kill
> the program entirely. Ashcroft had previously promised to
> "ensure that adequate measures are taken to secure personal
> privacy" during his review of DCS1000. DCS1000 has drawn
> scathing criticisms from privacy advocates and conservative
> members of Congress.
> (Washington Times, 27 April 2001)



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