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Carnivore and Open Source Software  25 July 2000 
Source: Crypto.com - Posted by Dave Wreski   
Matt Blaze talks about the FBIs Carnivore system. "The "Carnivore" system runs on an FBI-owned PC that can be installed at an ISP to collect IP traffic as part of a court-ordered wiretap. Not much detail is publicly known about exactly . . .

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Secret CIA Papers Posted On Web Site  25 July 2000 
Source: ComputerUser - Posted by Jen Olson   
A New York-based Web site has reportedly published a secret overview of the US intelligence community prepared by the CIA in 1998 for visiting for Japanese intelligence officials. An Associated Press report said the briefing contained information on the CIA's budgets . . .

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FBI under gun to release Carnivore code  25 July 2000 
Source: ZDNet - Posted by Dave Wreski   
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is under increasing pressure to disclose the secret blueprints for its Carnivore surveillance system so independent technical experts can verify that the software monitors only the Internet communications of criminal suspects.

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DoD e-commerce efforts fall short of goals  21 July 2000 
Source: GovExec - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
The Defense Department has made little progress during the past two years in implementing electronic commerce efforts, according to a new General Accounting Office report. Unless steps are taken to fix the shortcomings, the department's efforts to fully integrate an . . .

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U.S. House passes antispam bill  20 July 2000 
Source: Computer World - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
By a 427-1 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives yesterday passed an antispam bill that would prohibit commercial e-mail messages from being sent to recipients who have asked to be removed from the sender's distribution list. The measure would also . . .

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White House: Hill slow to fund security  19 July 2000 
Source: FCW - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
The White House Monday called for Congress to "pick up the pace" on funding information security initiatives within government in the fiscal 2001 budget, while putting forward legislation to help law enforcement track and prosecute cybercriminals. . . .

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Government's secure shopping scheme condemned  19 July 2000 
Source: ZDNet UK - Posted by Dave Wreski   
A government scheme to increase consumer confidence in buying online launched Tuesday has been overshadowed by stiff criticism from a former partner on the project.. . .

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Senate approves plan to beef up computer security  18 July 2000 
Source: GovExec - Posted by Jen Olson   
Federal agency heads must ensure that their information systems are secure under a provision of the fiscal 2001 defense authorization bill that gained Senate approval late last week.The provision, S. 1993, co-sponsored by Sens. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and Joseph Lieberman, D-Conn., . . .

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IT contractors must follow NASA security rules  18 July 2000 
Source: FCW - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
NASA has tightened guidelines for information technology contractors with a new rule issued July 14 that requires computer systems, networking and telecommunications contractors to abide by NASA information security policy directives, procedures and guidelines. . . .

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ACLU Challenges FBI E-Mail Taps  17 July 2000 
Source: PC World - Posted by Benjamin D. Thomas   
The American Civil Liberties Union is calling on Congress to update federal privacy laws and ban what it says is the potential for large-scale scanning and analysis of e-mail by the FBI's Carnivore e-mail interception program. . . .

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