The FBI vigorously defended its controversial "Carnivore" email spy tool Wednesday during Congressional hearings probing the balance between law enforcement needs and privacy rights. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told the assembled senators and witnesses that . . .
The FBI vigorously defended its controversial "Carnivore" email spy tool Wednesday during Congressional hearings probing the balance between law enforcement needs and privacy rights. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told the assembled senators and witnesses that the hearings were held to examine the Constitutional and policy implications of new surveillance technologies in general, and the Carnivore system in particular.

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