Re:Things that make me go Hmmmm (Score 1)

Points well spoken and taken. There IS more to Communications Intelligence (COMINT) and Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) than producing a plain text copy of a document. And this is precisely why Carnivore must be made open source and declared to be the property of the People.

An anology is that the Second Amendment is not about target shooting or squirrel hunting, but killing agents of government and the means that the People have to do so. In like manner, surveilling the operations of our servants, requires that the intelligence tools of the People always be more powerful than those of our servants.

At any rate, FEDGOV has shown itself undeserving of trust because it violates the Communications Act: particulars at Research on Criminal Government.

Persuant to the overthrow of any country, certain military assets must be controlled. Among these, transportation, utilities and most importantly, Communications. So now you see how FEDGOV plans to abolish a government of, by, and for the People.

Publishing the source code on Carnivore gives the People a fighting chance of maintaining their rightful and lawful control over their servants. Bringing lawsuits against criminals working for government requires that the People have the tools to collect evidence on our servants and their operations before such evidence is classified to avoid criminal prosecution.