Declan McCullagh of Politech is reporting a spike in the use of the U.S. government\’s Carnivore Web surveillance system following yesterday\’s attacks:
Federal police are reportedly increasing Internet surveillance after Tuesday\’s deadly attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Just hours after three airplanes smashed into the buildings in what some U.S. legislators have dubbed a second Pearl Harbor, FBI agents began to visit Web-based, e-mail firms and network providers, according to engineers at those companies who spoke on condition of anonymity. . . Microsoft\’s Hotmail service has also been the target of increased federal attention, according to an engineer who works there.
More from Wired. McCullagh\’s earlier comparison of the NYC/DC attacks to the Reichstag fire in terms of political effect may be right on the money.
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