On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Brendan Moran wrote:

>Tal,
>Peter is referring to a program used by the FBI/CIA for an operation similar
>to wire taps, where the agency in question monitors incoming/outgoing emails
>and TCP packets.  Of course, they cant actually intercept email and modify
>it with *that* system, and unless they have a court order to allow them to
>monitor the transmissions *and* the ISP hasn't complied with the court order
>for whatever reason, they technically can't use it.

I suspect that after 9/11 they run a slightly (pun) more extensive
operation, legal or not I do not care, especially in relation to anything
Middle Eastish. At least I hope they do. Plus this country has its own
kind of censorship, which is mostly invisible, and legal. But nobody is
perfect. Maybe it was an accident. Maybe someone dropped a Sprite can or a
falafel ball on the keyboard when my disappeared messages passed through.
Maybe it was a glitch.

Peter

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