A month after a federal court's ruling raised concerns over the privacy of e-mail, federal legislators are proposing tougher restrictions on the interception of messages. (Do these guys even know what Email IS?)

Rep. Jay Inslee, D-Wash., along with three colleagues in the U.S. House, last week introduced a bill to protect e-mail messages from snooping while in transit as well as to restrict when service providers can access stored messages. It has gained nods of approval from bipartisan backers as well as some privacy advocates, but it remains unclear whether it will move forward in Congress.
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