Carnivore is back

As part of the continuing Bush Administration assault on civil liberties, particularly the Fourth Amendment, Carnivore has been resurrected. Expect to see it in Congress soon.

I'm still not sure why the FBI needs access to every piece of traffic on the internet, particularly the personal emails of the average citizen. I'm sure the Founders would not be impressed by the argument that those who have nothing to hide have nothing to fear. That's why the Fourth Amendment exists.

For the doubters out there, the first Congress with representation of all the colonies was gathered in secret to discuss the colonial response to the Stamp Tax in 1758. No detailed minutes were kept, because the delegates were afraid of discovery by General Gage's forces, which could have led to their execution. Their fear was based on the ability of British forces to search and seize what they wanted, which was considered an extreme form of tyranny by both British subjects and the colonists...and by modern Americans.