Google denies FBI link to Gmail
Internet search giant denies that it has had any contact with the FBI regarding the design of its Gmail Web e-mail service.
Google on Thursday denied that it has had any contact with the FBI
regarding the design of its Gmail Web e-mail service. The search firm's denial came after the Electronic Privacy Information
Center (EPIC) submitted a Freedom of Information Act request to the FBI
seeking information about whether the bureau was considering the
"possible use of Google's Gmail service for law enforcement and
intelligence investigations." EPIC, which gave an award last week to a
California state senator who
Critics immediately criticized EPIC's request as a publicity stunt and
because the nonprofit likened Google's Web-based e-mail service to the
FBI's controversial Carnivore wiretapping utility and the Pentagon's