December 8, 2000

Illinois Institute Gives FBI Surveillance System a Thumbs Up

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

The Illinois Institute of Technology Research Institute has concluded that Carnivore -- the e-mail and Internet surveillance system that was recently adopted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation -- generally works as its backers say it does.

The research institute, a nonprofit affiliate of I.I.T., presented its findings to the Justice Department in a draft report released last month. Critics contested the findings almost immediately.

The report