NEW TECHNOLOGIES, LAWS THREATEN PRIVACY.

Discusses the Magic Lantern program developed by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). How it works to make encryption useless on a suspect's computer by logging the keystrokes; Idea that the government is using the War on Terrorism to gain surveillance powers in addition to keeping pace with computer crime; Issue of the right the Fourth Amendment grants citizens to prior notice when the government conducts a search and seizure; Topics of the Patriot Act, privacy, and Carnivore program used by the FBI.