Real-time FBI Internet probe
p2pnet.net News:- “For more than three weeks, every Web site, every e-mail, every photo image, every chat room conversation he viewed or took part in was scrutinized, as the 26-year-old Morgan unwittingly became the first person in the United States to have his Internet usage monitored live by federal agents probing child pornography under a new law.”
The above is a quote from a Sacramento Bee story here and refers to the apparent fact that FBI agents were able to watch Jason Heath Morgan’s every online move under Bill S.151.
Dubbed The PROTECT (Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today) Act, among other things, it “Authorizes the interception of wire, oral, or electronic communications in the investigation of kidnaping, sex trafficking, and sex offenses against children”.
In other words, S. 151, passed in 2003, allows enforcement agencies to literally wiretap Internet activities under certain circumstances.
“Agents are tracking 1,700 e-mail and chat-room users Morgan allegedly was in contact with as part of a massive child-pornography ring. Suspects in Live Oak, Las Vegas and Stockton have been arrested based on leads from the wiretap evidence,” sats the SacBee report, going on:
“And although civil libertarians have raised concerns about other government efforts to monitor personal computer use, this law, passed in the shadow of the Bush administration’s highly publicized USA Patriot Act, so far has attracted little opposition.
Morgan pleaded not guilty to child pornography charges and remains in federal custody, says the report.
“Based on wiretap information, he was also charged in Butte County with multiple sex crimes against children. Morgan came to the attention of law enforcement last year as he allegedly cruised chat rooms frequented by suspected pedophiles,” it says.
Previously, “agents would have had limited ability to go after Morgan, other than obtaining a search warrant for his computer and its contents.”
Technology used in the surveillance is very similar to a phone tap, says the SacBee, continuing:
“Agents attached a monitoring device to Morgan’s phone line, then tracked his Internet activity from remote computers.
“With the wiretap in place, ‘it doesn’t matter who you’re dealing with, we’re standing over the top of you watching everything that’s going on’,” Ronald Wilczynski, the Sacramento FBI agent overseeing the probe, is quoted as saying.
May 24th, 2004 at 11:10 pm
Nobody is going to speak out against this kind of law when it is aimed at child pornography. How long before these methods are used to “fight” other kinds of “crime”?
(Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to Enhance Corporate Treasuries)
September 24th, 2004 at 5:38 pm
May 2nd, 2006 at 7:00 am
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January 18th, 2007 at 8:28 am
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stacy
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