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Israeli Court: E-Mail Surveillance is Akin to Wiretapping

Arnon Ben-Yair writes on Haaretz News:

Is it permissible for the police or any other body to trace your e-mails? Tel Aviv District Court Judge Khaled Kabub ruled yesterday that copying of electronic mail for purposes of surveillance constitutes illegal wiretapping. This means that any time the police force wishes to conduct surveillance of e-mail, it will be required to obtain special authorization from a District Court president.

Granting of such authorization will be measured, for limited periods, and only for suspected crimes punishable by imprisonment of at least seven years.

Judge Kabub thus disqualified all of the e-mails obtained by the police during the investigation of the so-called "Trojan Horse Affair," ruling the evidence inadmissible.

posted by Fergie @ 4/01/2007 09:44:00 PM