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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