Carnivore receives Congressional scrutiny

The Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday began its hearing into the FBI's Carnivore online surveillance program and other Internet privacy issues. An FBI executive testified that its technicians work with Internet service provider experts when setting up a surveillance to ensure personal privacy. "Carnivore is a passive system, and is in fact isolated" from the ISP's general traffic, testified Donald Kerr, director of the FBI lab that developed Carnivore. Full story to follow. -- ZDNet News staff.