Americans willing to give up privacy rights

[Bill Orme]

"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 ..."
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"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..."

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http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/8656.html

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Computer User: Fifty-Four Percent in U.S. Support FBI E-mail Snooping
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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..."
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"Only 14 percent say existing laws related to interception of telephone
calls are adequate to cover Internet crime investigations..."
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http://www.currents.net/news/01/04/04/news9.html