Everyone has probably seen those people walking around with those shirts that say "I Read Your Email", but does one ever stop to think, "Who really does read my email besides myself?" This may be a question that people should start asking themselves. With today's technology and the government's ever-growing need to increase national security, email and other web-based documents may not be as private as one may think. Although controversial, some government surveillance of electronic communications plays an important role in national security.
             In today's technical world, there are many ways to communicate with others. With the uprising of the Internet in recent years, people have the world at their fingertips. Research is easier than ever to accomplish, and communication is easier and more fun. This technology is wonderful in the fact that it makes our lives easier. The problem is that it is making it too easy for criminals to communicate and plot their plans. These "cyber-crimes" are at an unbelievable high, and show no sign of slowing down. Crimes like terrorism, espionage, information warfare, child pornography, and serious fraud are all rising in occurrences, due in part to the Internet. The Internet makes it easy for people to confer about the crimes that they are getting ready to perform. Email and private Internet sites can be very useful to a group of terrorists.
             The FBI recently uncovered a plot that developed online between several groups of potential felons, to break into National Guard armories and to steal the armaments and explosives necessary to simultaneously destroy multiple power transmission facilities in the southern United States (FBI 2). After further investigation, they found that many of the communications of the group were occurring via email. Further investigation also showed that the group had been researching a chemical called Ricin, the world&a...