Carnivore has been  nothing but trouble since the FBI started using it for  surveillance. They mishandled information involving Osama bin
Laden’s terror network because of a “glitch” in the system. What was the glitch? After reading the article, I think it  might have been just a spelling error. I’ve never seen bin  Laden’s name spelled “Usama” in any other place.

Carnivore, which has been renamed DCS1000, is a computer  program that allows investigators to capture e-mails sent to  and from criminal and terrorist suspects. But the newly  released memo indicates that, in at least one case, the  program also retrieved e-mails from innocent people not  involved in the investigation.

They not only mis-handled the information about Osama, they also invaded the privacy of innocent people. That’s  inexcusable and should lead to the complete shut-down of  Carnivore.