Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2001 22:38:36 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <200108180238.WAA12853@mattababy.mit.edu>
From: belmonte@mit.edu (Matthew Belmonte)
To: CapuanoHR8@aol.com
Subject: Re: kill the FBI's Carnivore surveillance system

Dear Representative Capuano

A year ago I wrote to you regarding the questionable Fourth Amendment status of
the FBI's `Carnivore' system, which indiscriminately searches all unencrypted
data transmitted to and from an Internet service provider.  I'm writing now to
thank you for your thoughtful and favourable response to my earlier letter, and
to let you know of a potential opportunity to shut down Carnivore by
legislative means.

According to an alert distributed last week by the American Civil Liberties
Union, Representative Dick Armey has recently said that he is considering
seeking budget cuts to stop the use of Carnivore.  I hope that you'll join in
this bipartisan effort to rein in the FBI's abuse of power.