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FBI's Carnivore Not Deserving of Citizens' Trust

The St. Petersburg Times has published an editorial arguing that the FBI cannot be trusted to use the Carnivore program within the bounds of law. The institutional editorial highlights weaknesses in the Carnivore system, and the FBI's use of the system without a warrant.

Carnivore Devours Trust, St. Petersburg Times, January 3, 2001.
Carnivore changes name, not mission, USA Today, January 15, 2001.