"As the U.S. Congress continues to wrestle with Internet privacy issues, a contradictory bit of evidence has been tossed into consideration -- Americans would be happy to let law enforcement agencies intercept criminal e-mail ..." * * * "A survey by the Pew Internet & American Life Project found that 73 percent of those asked were more worried about criminals using the Web to plan and carry out their activities than they were about personal privacy issues..." More on this story at: http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/8656.html ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Computer User: Fifty-Four Percent in U.S. Support FBI E-mail Snooping ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Story Highlights: "While an overwhelming majority of U.S. residents worry about Internet crime like child pornography and credit card theft, slightly more than half say it's OK for the FBI to monitor suspects' e- mail..." * * * "Only 14 percent say existing laws related to interception of telephone calls are adequate to cover Internet crime investigations..." More on this story at: http://www.currents.net/news/01/04/04/news9.html