Appeals court ruling revives case of intercepted e-mail

A federal appeals court in Boston said yesterday that a businessman charged with intercepting and reading his customers' e-mails can be tried under a federal wiretapping statute. The ruling is the latest twist in a four-year-old case that has been closely watched by Internet civil liberties groups around the country. (Full article: 383 words)

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