Obama Admin. Wants to Give FBI More Access to Email Data

internet-photoBy Allan Lengel
ticklethewire.com

The FBI could be getting more powers when it comes to getting data on Internet activity.

Reporter Ellen Nakashima of the Washington Post reports that the Obama administration wants to change a law so that it would allow the FBI to compel companies over individual’s records of their Internet activity without a court order.

Under the push, the FBI would not be able to get content of the email, the Post reported. But it would be able to get email addresses individuals are writing to; times and dates the e-mails were sent and received; and possibly a user’s browser history.

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