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E-mail privacy to disappear?

On October 8, 2007, the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth
Circuit in Cincinnati granted the government's request for a full-panel
hearing in United States v. Warshak case centering on the right of
privacy for stored electronic communications. At issue is whether the
procedure whereby the government can subpoena stored copies of your
e-mail -- similar to the way they could simply subpoena any physical
mail sitting on your desk -- is unconstitutionally broad. 

http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/456