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> At 11:04 AM 8/11/00 -0700, jeradonah wrote:
> >
> >Major University to Be Asked to Review F.B.I.'s 'Carnivore'
>
> Is there a *John* Major University? :-)
>
> ...
> >Today's announcement was not a surprise, since the F.B.I. said
> > several weeks ago that it wanted an outside study of Carnivore.
> > The desire for just such an independent analysis has been fueled by
> > mounting concerns about invasions of privacy.
>
> Basically they're trying to look like Good Guys to prevent more FOIA
> and deflect more flak from the public. It's not very convincing.
>
>
> Thanks!
> Bill
>
You think the review will state that it can be remotely reconfigured at
will and so is capable of any manipulations and observations of whatever
traffic is routed to ( or through ?? ) it including post filtering to
generate a court-compliant log after the fact? Gotta pre-cook the review
board to prevent that sort of bad PR.
M
