Daily updates on privacy stories in the news.

« IBM Wins DOD RFID Project | Main | SPAM is Winning? »

DOJ Asks FCC for Changes in Domestic Surveillance Policy

The Department of Justice, Federal Bureau of Investigations, and the Drug Enforcement Agency delivered an 83-page petition to the Federal Communications Commission demanding new surveillance powers. The law enforcement entities would like the power to enforce redesign of ISP and VoIP architecture to facilitate the ease of wiretap and tracing of Internet communication.

More Spy Powers for the FBI? Bad Move, Business Week, March 18, 2004