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...There were touching moments, too. Former FBI Director William Sessions noted how Mrs. King had befriended him, despite the FBI's eavesdropping and harassment of Dr. King. Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin was cheered when she said that Mrs. King had joined a "freedom choir" of late civil rights crusaders. Perhaps the most touching sight of all were the thousands of ordinary Americans who filled the massive sanctuary, each one there to praise Mrs. King and perhaps be a part of history...
...Pellicano. The ex-P.I., who previously worked for celebrities including Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Jackson, was released from prison last week after serving 30 months on unrelated federal weapons violations. In the latest case, he's charged with allegedly paying off two former police officers to access confidential FBI databases and DMV records. Some of the illegally obtained material was later allegedly used to engage in various surveillance operations, with three Pellicano clients, as well as a SBC phone company technician, also facing charges...
...compared with virtually none three years ago. More sophisticated viruses, spyware and other forms of malicious code, meanwhile, are the new weapons of choice for committing identity theft, bank fraud, even industrial espionage. Computer crime costs U.S. businesses an estimated $67.2 billion a year, according to the FBI...
...Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will retain its present level of access to patron records at libraries—including Harvard’s—until March 10, after Congress voted to temporarily renew the U.S.A. Patriot Act Thursday. This second short-term renewal signals lawmakers’ reluctance to reauthorize the legislation over the long-term without changing the extent of the government’s access to library records. Harvard officials have argued that the FBI’s ability to demand patron information could have a chilling effect on academic freedom. “There...
...have no problem with the authorities rooting out terrorists by legal means, but Americans should remember the kind of information collected by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover and how he used it to threaten his personal enemies. One of Hoover's targets was Martin Luther King Jr. I would like to think that Canadian jurists would make quick work of any official who wiretapped without the approval of the court. Maurice A. Rhodes Nelson, Canada