[privacy] EFF Sues for Information on Electronic Surveillance Systems

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via The EFF.

[snip]

The FLAG Project at the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed its
first lawsuit against the Department of Justice Tuesday after the FBI
failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request for
records concerning DCS-3000 and Red Hook -- tools the FBI has spent
millions of dollars developing for electronic surveillance.

DCS-3000 is an interception system that apparently evolved out of
"Carnivore," a controversial surveillance system the FBI used several
years ago to monitor online traffic through Internet service providers.
One Department of Justice report said DCS-3000 was developed to
"intercept personal communication services delivered via emerging
digital technologies" and that it was used "as carriers continue to
introduce new features and services." According to the same report, Red
Hook is a system to "collect voice and data calls and then process and
display the intercepted information."

The FLAG Project first filed its FOIA request for information about the
surveillance systems on August 11, 2006. The FBI acknowledged receipt
of the request, but the agency has not responded within the time limit
required by law.

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More:
http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_10.php#004935

- ferg


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