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House Requires Reports on Carnivore

The House of Representatives has passed a Department of Justice spending bill that will require the agency to submit reporting on the Carnivore system. The reporting requirements include information on how many times Carnivore has been used, the approval process and criteria for employing the system, and what unauthorized information has been captured by the system.

H.R.2215, 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act, THOMAS Database.
House pulls Carnivore into the light, ZDNet, July 23, 2001.
U.S. House overwhelmingly approves Carnivore review, Declan McCullagh�s Politechbot.com, July 23, 2001.