Wednesday, April 23, 2008

FBI Wants Widespread Monitoring of 'Illegal' Internet Activity

Anne Broache writes on the C|Net News Blog:

The FBI on Wednesday called for new legislation that would allow federal police to monitor the Internet for "illegal activity."

The proposal from FBI Director Robert Mueller, which came during a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing, appears to go beyond a current plan to monitor traffic on federal-government networks. Mueller seemed to suggest that the bureau should have a broad "omnibus" authority to conduct monitoring and surveillance of private-sector networks as well.

The surveillance should include all Internet traffic, Mueller said, "whether it be .mil, .gov, .com--whatever you're talking about."

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