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Judge Warns that Monitoring Will Endanger Confidentiality

Edith H. Jones, a Federal Judge on the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, has written a letter to the Judicial Conference objecting to plans to routinely monitor all Internet use of the federal courts. Judge Jones warns that this monitoring may compromise confidentiality and cause unease among judicial employees.

Letter to Judicial Conference, Cryptome.
Judge Slams Monitoring Of Court Staff Web Use, Newsbytes, August 23, 2001.