F.B.I. Seeks Wider Wiretap Law for Web -- New York TimesWASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, traveled to Silicon Valley on Tuesday to meet with top executives of several technology firms about a proposal to make it easier to wiretap Internet users.
Mr. Mueller and the F.B.I.’s general counsel, Valerie Caproni, were scheduled to meet with senior managers of several major companies, including Google and Facebook, according to several people familiar with the discussions. How Mr. Mueller’s proposal was received was not clear.
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My Comment: So much for privacy rights .... and where are all the protesters/media/academics/pundits who were foaming at the mouth when President Bush and his administration were thinking of implementing similar wiretapping laws a few years back. Oh well .... at least the New York Times covered the story.
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