[privacy] CALEA: FBI Plans New Internet Wiretapping Push

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via C|Net News.

[snip]

The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet
service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance
and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for
eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned.

FBI Agent Barry Smith distributed the proposal at a private meeting
last Friday with industry representatives and indicated it would be
introduced by Sen. Mike DeWine, an Ohio Republican, according to two
sources familiar with the meeting.

The draft bill would place the FBI's Net-surveillance push on solid
legal footing. At the moment, it's ensnared in a legal challenge from
universities and some technology companies that claim the Federal
Communications Commission's broadband surveillance directives exceed
what Congress has authorized.

The FBI claims that expanding the 1994 Communications Assistance for
Law Enforcement Act is necessary to thwart criminals and terrorists who
have turned to technologies like voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP.

[snip]

More here:
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6091942.html

- ferg


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