[Ir-l] FBI snoops on cable modems

[Paul Mobbs]

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DOJ's Already Monitoring Modems
By Declan McCullagh and Ben Polen
4:42 p.m. Nov. 28, 2001 PST

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice already is using its new
anti-terrorism powers to monitor cable modem users without obtaining a
judge's permission first.

A top Bush administration official lauded the controversial USA
Patriot Act at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, saying that the new
abilities have let police obtain information in investigations that
was previously unavailable.

"We would not have been able to do (this) under prior law without a
specific court order," said Michael Chertoff, assistant attorney
general in the Justice Department's criminal division. 

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