July 8, 2007

Judges OK warrantless monitoring of Web use

Another wonderful day...

Apparently: Privacy rules don't apply to Internet messages, court says

Isn't that great?

Federal agents do not need a search warrant to monitor a suspect's computer use and determine the e-mail addresses and Web pages the suspect is contacting, a federal appeals court ruled Friday.

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The ruling "further erodes our privacy," the attorney said. "The great political marketplace of ideas is the Internet, and the government has unbridled access to it."

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