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FBI Carnivore Screwup Destroys E-Mail Evidence

Posted by timothy on from the now-how-much-will-you-pay dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes: "The FBI apparently used Carivore in an attempt to collect information on Osama bin Laden't network. Unfortunately they screwed up and collected information on "non-covered targets" (*ahem*, isn't this the sort of thing we weren't supposed to worry about...). Then the FBI tech was "so upset" that he destroyed ALL of the collected email, not only the information that was not covered by the warrant. Here is the SF Gate Story and EPIC's press release."

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  1. Fbi Document by alphaseven · · Score: 5, Informative

    Here's the original FBI memo: http://www.epic.org/privacy/carnivore/fisa.html

  2. check THIS out by drDugan · · Score: 5, Informative

    www.time.com/time/covers/1101020603/memo.html

    you've got to read it to believe it.

  3. Re:The author of "Carnivore"... by newerbob · · Score: 5, Informative
    Here are some more links to Naughton's plea-bargain with the FBI (writing software in exchange for freedom): here

    here it says he's "helping law enforcement track down pedophiles

    and here it says that the FBI's deal to have him write snoop software saved him from jail.

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