FOIA Document Shows Improper FBI Access to Entire Domain's Email

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FOIA Document Shows Improper FBI Access to Entire Domain's Email
by Marcia Hofmann - February 16th, 2008 - http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2008/02/foia-document-shows-improper-fbi-access-entire-domains-email

According to a document obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation through the Freedom of Information Act, an "apparent miscommunication" resulted in unauthorized FBI access to an entire domain's email, rather than the single email account the Bureau had permission to monitor. As Eric Lichtblau of the New York Times reports (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/17/washington/17fisa.html?_r=1&hp=&adxnnl=1&oref=slogin&adxnnlx=1203187505-s1J8YN3a2Gj+repdxM8RfQ):

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The document was released through an EFF lawsuit against the Department of Justice for records about the FBI's misuse of National Security Letters. To learn more about EFF's open government work and FOIA litigation, click here (http://www.eff.org/issues/foia).

090507_surge2.pdf = 229.17 KB = http://www.eff.org/files/090507_surge2.pdf

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1. It wasn't miscommunications, ISPs challenged the FBIs use of Carnivore. nt