And the New York Times has revealed an episode in which the FBI inadvertently gained access to hundreds of email accounts rather than the lone email address it was authorized to spy on. The 2006 incident occurred after an unnamed internet provider mistakenly turned over hundreds of other email addresses from the same domain as the account the FBI intended to monitor. An intelligence official says records of the unauthorized accounts were destroyed, but that inadvertent spying remains “common.”
FBI Mistakenly Accessed Email Accounts Based on Single Warrant
HeadlineFeb 18, 2008