Panel Approves Electronic Monitoring of Judges
A panel of federal judges has recommended that all judicial branch computers should be electronically monitored. In May, a group of judges in the Ninth Circuit ordered their technical staff to disable monitoring systems, claiming that the monitoring violated privacy and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.Monitoring of Judiciary Computers Is Backed, New York Times, August 14, 2001 (registration required).
Judges committee: Computer monitoring should continue in all federal courts, Silliconvalley.com, August 13, 2001.
