White House Proposes New Wiretapping Restraints

CharlieG points out this story at ABCNews.com. The White House wants to make law enforcement jump through the same hoops to intercept e-mail as it currently must to intercept phone calls. CDT approves of the plan. The ACLU is understandably focused on Carnivore (FBI: "trust us") and is "disappointed" that Clinton didn't take the opportunity to put the kibosh on it. I can't tell from the news reports whether the proposed legislation would only affect law enforcement, or whether the private sector would also be held to the same standard.