The Telecommunications Intercept and Collection Technology Unit (TICTU) is part of the
Electronic Surveillance Technology Section
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(ESTS) of the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Its primary function is performing
surveillance of
U.S. citizen
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s.
The TICTU is in charge of operating and maintaining
DCSNet
The Digital Collection System Network (DCSNet) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s point-and-click surveillance system that can perform instant wiretaps on almost any telecommunications device in the US.
It allows access to cellphone ...
, and performs millions of domestic
wiretap
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s each year.
See also
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Carnivore (software)
Carnivore, later renamed DCS1000, was a system implemented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) that was designed to monitor email and electronic communications. It used a customizable packet sniffer that could monitor all of a target user ...
*
Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act
The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), also known as the "Digital Telephony Act," is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994, during the presidency of Bill Clinton (Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279, codified at 47 ...
*
DCSNET
The Digital Collection System Network (DCSNet) is the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)'s point-and-click surveillance system that can perform instant wiretaps on almost any telecommunications device in the US.
It allows access to cellphone ...
*
Mass Surveillance
References
FBI Recorded 27 Million FISA 'Sessions' in 2006FOIA documents regarding TICTU(from the website of the
Electronic Frontier Foundation
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)
Surveillance
Mass surveillance
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