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BBC: AOL, Earthlink Are 'Cooperating' With FBI

braddock writes: "The BBC is now reporting that 'The FBI is scouring e-mail accounts for clues as to who might have been behind the terror attacks' and that AOL and Earthlink have confirmed that they are cooperating with investigators. Earthlink maintains 'We're co-operating, but we're not installing any surveillance equipment on our networks.' AOL and Earthlink together have approximatey 36 million accounts. Scary how fast privacy can be compromised when the bulk of a country's e-mail services are centralized." I wonder which ISPs really are installing Carnivore, if not the two largest in the country. Maybe this means it's already in place?

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  1. Re:America Centric by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    okaaay...are you trying to convince us of that or yourself? go away.

  2. Your post: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Is about 6 days old. Where have you been?
    Coincidence.

  3. Re:slighty OT- social -vs- military conflict - by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Well you seem to have a god handle on what drives Bin Laden or for that manner the religous nuts here in our country. But your solution is silly.

    We need to destroy the culture of the middle east, once nothing but sand remains terroism will wither away to nothing. To this end I suggest that what we need to do is mount a large scale nuclear strike agains the centers of Islam. Shock those idiots in the same way that we shocked Germany and Japan towards the end of WW2. The suggestion to use nuclear weapons is simply because it would be the most cost effective way to accomplish the task at hand. Further it would limit the hazzards to American service men.

    It is unfortunate that many will die but its not like there is any ecconomic signifigance to the area.

    Thanks
    Dave

  4. To hell with 'freedom.' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    We need to make some big sacrifices in the fight against terrorism. Freedom of speech, religion, etc need to be curtailed. The whole Bill of Rights got us into this terrible mess and it's high time we get rid of that ancient pig shit. We need a police state and we need it now. We need more laws like the DMCA and SSSCA and drug laws to stop this madness. Give the police, FBI, etc whatever they want and just shut the hell up.