FBI Seeks Easier Process to Hack Computers

The FBI and the Justice Department are seeking to change criminal rules to make it easier for law enforcement to hack into suspects' computer "for evidence when the "computer’s physical location is unknown — a problem that officials say is increasing as more and more crime is conducted online with tools to conceal identity," The Washington Post's Ellen Nakashima reports.

Here's the rule: http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/RulesAndPolicies/rules/Agenda%20Books/S...

Federal officials say that the rule change would not allow searches that aren't already permitted by law, the Post further reports.