The Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure has backed the Justice Departments proposed search and seizure changes. The changes would give the FBI wide latitude to hack into computers with surveillance software. The DOJ, which includes the FBI, the DEA and ATF, says it needs one warrant to work over many districts so it can better hunt down potential terrorists and criminals on the Internet. In the case of botnets, the proposal would allow the feds to send a RAT into thousands of computers without Americans’ consent or knowledge.”]

