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Court authorized wiretaps up in 2010
The number of federal- and state- court approved interceptions of wire, oral or electronic communications grew by 34 percent in 2010 over the year before, says the administrative office of the United
House subcommittee gives DOJ tech programs mixed funding results
Technology programs at the Justice Department along with the department's topline budget will take a hit in the coming fiscal year should a House Appropriation subcommittee gets its way, although the
Mueller cites threats from the Internet
Threats from the Internet rank high on problems FBI should tackle in the coming 2 years, bureau Director Robert Mueller told a June 8 hearing of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Mueller's 10-year term
Book excerpt: 'Surveillance or Security' by Susan Landau
How far the ability of law enforcement and counterterrorism to penetrate communications should go hasn't been a theoretical discussion of our post-Sept. 11, 2001 era. In a new book , "Surveillance or
Q&A: Susan Landau on wiretapping and data mining
Susan Landau is author of the recently-published book "Surveillance or Security," which we're excerpting here . Currently a fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University,
FBI pondering legislation to strengthen wiretapping ability
The FBI is considering a legislative proposal that could extend its legal ability to intercept communications in technologies that have resisted wiretapping. The bureau increasingly decries what it
Hardcoding a federal backdoor into online networks a bad idea
The New York Times reports a troubling development on the security of communications networks. Namely, the federal government apparently wants all services that enable communication, "including
FBI cannot handle load of electronic evidence
The FBI's collection of intercepted emails and wiretapped phone calls has soared in recent years, but its ability to sort through the potential evidence has failed to keep up with what it receives. A
