Limited Email Surveillance Approved

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Friday February 10, 2006 @02:19AM from the but-they-were-all-bad dept.

MrNougat writes "CNet reports that some surveillance of your email has been permitted by U.S. District Judge Thomas Hogan in Washington, D.C., without first requiring any evidence of wrongdoing. Curiously: 'instead of asking to eavesdrop on the contents of the e-mail messages, which would require some evidence of wrongdoing, prosecutors [of the US Justice Dept.] instead requested the identities of the correspondents. Also included in the request was header information like date and time and Internet address--but not subject lines.'"

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China by Anonymous Coward · 2006-02-10 02:23 · Score: 5, Funny

Everyday I feel more like I'm Chinese....
Re:Land of the free by forgotten_my_nick · 2006-02-10 02:27 · Score: 3, Funny

Yea innocent people should have nothing to hide!

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Ob Dr.Evil quotes by dc29A · 2006-02-10 02:57 · Score: 4, Funny

You're semi-free.
You're quasi-free.
You're the margarine of free.
You're the Diet Coke of free.
Just one calorie, not free enough!