Privacy and the Department of Justice

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The Death of Due Process By Peter Brimelow How would you like to live in a country with criminal laws so broad that everyone is guilty of some crime and it's only prosecutorial whim that sends certain unpopular citizens to jail? You live in just such a country. ----- "Big Brother Wants to Read Your E-mail" By Aeon J. Skoble, November, 1999 (from The Freeman: Ideas on Liberty) Some people concerned about privacy violations on the Internet object that many web site operators collect and use information about visitors for demographic research and advertising. ----- Court Curbs Agents´ Ability to Monitor Cellular Phones By Stephen Labaton, August 15, 2000 (New York Times) WASHINGTON -- A federal appeals court today struck down parts of a government order that broadly expanded the ability of law enforcement agents to monitor cell phone conversations of criminal suspects. ----- Major University to Be Asked to Review F.B.I.'s 'Carnivore' By Carl S. Kaplan, August 10, 2000 (New York Times) The Justice Department will ask a major university to review "Carnivore," a government e-mail surveillance program. ----- Judge Sets F.B.I. E-Mail Disclosure By Reuters, August 3, 2000 (New York Times) A federal judge ordered the FBI to set a timetable for responding to a privacy group's request for details of "Carnivore," a tool designed to capture email messages in a criminal investigation. by Clyde Wayne Crews, February 4, 2000 (CEI Hi-Tech Commentary) When it comes to Internet privacy, the battle between snoopers and blockers may never end. Given the huge range of privacy demands and desires, we may ultimately require separate, parallel sets of root servers with different protocols and rules..... -----