Background
Carnivore, later renamed DCS1000, was a system implemented by the Federal Bureau of Investigation that was designed to monitor email and electronic communications. It used a customizable packet sniffer that can monitor all of a target user’s Internet traffic. Carnivore was implemented in October 1997. By 2005 it had been replaced with improved commercial software.
In June of 2018, I requested all FBI documents about the system. In July of 2018, I received the first release of records. The request is still open for additional records to be released. This page will be updated once complete.
Document Archive
FBI Release #1 on CARNIVORE – [608 Pages, 377MB]
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