Silicon.com: ISPs join forces with FBI to track terrorists

[Owen Blacker]

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> HEADLINE: ISPs join forces with FBI to track terrorists
> PUBLISHED: 9:05am on Thursday 13th September 2001
> CHANNEL: ISPs
> AUTHOR: Heather McLean
> SERVICE: http://www.silicon.com
> 
> TEXT OF STORY FOLLOWS:
> 
> FBI deploys Carnivore to hunt killers...
> 
> ISPs America Online and EarthLink are working with the FBI to 
> track and trace any disaster suspects communicating via email.
> 
> Nicholas Graham, a spokesperson for America Online from 
> parent company AOL, denied reports that a Carnivore 
> surveillance system had been installed, although the FBI have 
> approached other major ISPs with that intention.
> 
> Carnivore has been created and developed by the FBI to tap 
> ISP wires and eavesdrop on specific communications. Carnivore 
> is now officially known by its slightly less catchy moniker DCS1000.
> 
> EarthLink's VP of communications, Dan Greenfield, said the 
> company had been issued with a warrant under the Foreign 
> Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA).
> 
> FISA ensures the FBI, CIA, US military and other 
> law-gathering agencies are not allowed a snooping 
> free-for-all on the public.
> 
> Any warrants issued under FISA relate to leaked information 
> to foreign governments so require less proof than a warrant 
> issued for a criminal case.
> 
> The only people in the US able to request FISA warrants are 
> the directors of the FBI and CIA plus the Secretaries of 
> State and Defense.
> 
> For related news, see:
> FBI wins victory in war on hackers
> http://www.silicon.com/a47352
> US crisis: FBI ups net 'snooping' capability
> http://www.silicon.com/a47340
> FBI accused of anti-Muslim witch-hunt
> http://www.silicon.com/a47213
> 
> 
> STORY ENDS
> 
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> 
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