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Transcript: FBI director on surveillance of ‘illegal’ Internet activity:

When the FBI suggested that it should be able to perform wide-scale Internet monitoring to detect ‘illegal activity’ on Wednesday, the bureau raised more questions than it answered.

To help clear things up, we’re providing the transcript of FBI Director Robert Mueller’s exchange at a House of Representatives …

(Via The Iconoclast.)

FBI, politicos renew push for ISP data retention laws: FBI director Robert Mueller calls for new federal data retention laws forcing Internet companies to keep records of what their customers are doing, but without providing details. Several politicians endorsed the idea during a hearing on Tuesday.

WASHINGTON–The FBI and multiple members of Congress said …

(Via The Iconoclast.)

FBI’s Net surveillance proposal raises privacy, legal concerns: The FBI director and a Republican congressman sketched out a far-reaching plan this week for warrantless surveillance of the Internet.

During a House of Representatives Judiciary Committee hearing, the FBI’s Robert Mueller and Rep. Darrell Issa of California talked about what amounts to a two-step approach. Step 1 involves …

(Via The Iconoclast.)