Tag: WIRETAP

As part of their tireless struggle to prevent terrorist attacks and protect U.S. citizens, federal law enforcement officials are now pushing for new legislation to enhance their online surveillance capabilities. The bill, which the Obama administration plans to submit for Congressional deliberation next year, would require communications services like Facebook, BlackBerry and Skype to be capable ...

A recent court ruling indicated that the Bush-era warrantless wiretappings were indeed illegal, confirming what most people already considered blatantly obvious. Some observers will undoubtedly and rightfully celebrate that ruling, and pronounce that it may signal a move toward increased law enforcement transparency and strengthened individual freedoms. Yet, according to an official government ...

When the New York Times revealed in December of 2005 that the U.S. government was eavesdropping on citizens' telephone and e-mail conversations without warrants, a retired AT&T technician named Mark Klein knew he had physical evidence showing how the feds had been stealing information from AT&T's network. Strangely, though, nobody gave him the time of day. According to Klein, even the ...

Criminals are usually steps (or leaps) ahead of the law enforcement agencies that are chasing them. This has, depressingly enough, always been the case. The dark side is apparently very well funded. That said, it is a cheap Internet phone service that is currently giving Italian authorities fits. Police in Italy believe Skype is the new frontier for shady characters attempting to circumvent ...

In this week's issue of the New Yorker, there is a profile of the Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell (pictured), that reveals some interesting information about his desires to "listen in" on Internet communications in order to protect America's cyberspace. According to McConnell, in order to properly protect the United State's electronic interests the government needs to be able to ...