"I respectfully ask that you consider the serious constitutional questions Carnivore has raised and respond with how you intend to address them. This is an issue of great importance to the online public." - The US House Majority Leader Dick Armey in a letter to the Attorney General John Ashcroft expressing his concern that the FBI's use of a controversial email surveillance technology could violate the Constitution.
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"I respectfully ask that you consider the serious constitutional questions Carnivore has raised and respond with how you intend…
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