FBI Scarfs up Scarfo's PGP passphrase, Federal Court Case

[Bill Stewart]

The article's somewhat long, and has quotes by David Sobel of EPIC
and various Feds.  The Feds didn't have a wiretap warrant,
only a search warrant, and black-bagged Scarfo's computer.

         "Armed only with a search warrant, the FBI broke into Scarfo's 
business
         and put either a program on his computer or an electronic bug in 
his keyboard -
         officials will not say which - and recorded everything typed by 
the son
         of the jailed former boss of the Philadelphia mob."

>Date:         Sat, 28 Jul 2001 17:51:46 -0500
>Reply-To: Law & Policy of Computer Communications <CYBERIA-L at LISTSERV.AOL.COM>
>From: Robert Helmer <roberthelmer at EARTHLINK.NET>
>Subject:      FBI Surveillance of Computer Use
>
>"By bugging a keyboard or using special software, FBI agents can
>remotely capture a computer user's every keystroke.
>
>"With a black box, they can intercept e-mail from miles away.
>
>"In a van parked outside, they secretly can recreate the pictures on a
>computer screen from its electromagnetic energy.
>
>"The legal limits for these new investigative tools will get a test
>Monday when a federal court in New Jersey examines an allegedly
>mob-related case in which agents, without a wiretap order, recorded a
>suspect's computer keystrokes.
>
>"Privacy experts are watching the case of Nicodemo S. Scarfo Jr. with
>great interest because it could bring major changes to investigative
>tactics in the online age."
>
>  http://cbsnews.com/now/story/0,1597,303859-412,00.shtml
>
>Bob Helmer
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