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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