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[FYI] (Fwd) FC: FBI pushes Carnivore on network providers after atta




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Date sent:      	Wed, 12 Sep 2001 10:17:03 -0400
To:             	politech@politechbot.com
From:           	Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:        	FC: FBI pushes Carnivore on network providers after attacks
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html

    Anti-Attack Feds Push Carnivore
    By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
    2:00 a.m. Sep. 12, 2001 PDT

    WASHINGTON -- Federal police are reportedly increasing Internet
    surveillance after Tuesday's deadly attacks on the World Trade
    Center and the Pentagon.

    Just hours after three airplanes smashed into the buildings in
    what some U.S. legislators have dubbed a second Pearl Harbor, FBI
    agents began to visit Web-based, e-mail firms and network
    providers, according to engineers at those companies who spoke on
    condition of anonymity.

    An administrator at one major network service provider said that
    FBI agents showed up at his workplace on Tuesday "with a couple of
    Carnivores, requesting permission to place them in our core, along
    with offers to actually pay for circuits and costs."

    [...]

    Microsoft's Hotmail service has also been the target of increased
    federal attention, according to an engineer who works there.

    "Hotmail officials have been receiving calls from the San
    Francisco FBI office since mid-(Tuesday) morning and are
    cooperating with their expedited requests for information about a
    few specific accounts," the person said. "Most of the account
    names start with the word 'Allah' and contain messages in Arabic."

    [...]




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