FBI Net-wiretapping rules face court challenges [priv]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: October 24, 2005 7:43:38 PM EDT
To: politech () politechbot com
Subject: [Politech] FBI Net-wiretapping rules face court challenges  
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Actual text of FCC CALEA rules:
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/2005/05-20606.htm

Discussion from the Politech archives, way back in 1999:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-00651.html
http://www.politechbot.com/2005/08/08/can-the-feds/

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http://news.com.com/FBI+Net-wiretapping+rules+face+challenges/ 
2100-1028_3-5911676.html

FBI Net-wiretapping rules face challenges
October 24, 2005, 4:35 PM PDT

New federal wiretapping rules forcing Internet service providers and  
universities to rewire their networks for FBI surveillance of e-mail  
and Web browsing are being challenged in court.

Telecommunications firms, nonprofit organizations and educators are  
asking the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C., to overturn the  
controversial rules, which dramatically extend the sweep of an 11- 
year-old surveillance law designed to guarantee police the ability to  
eavesdrop on telephone calls.

The regulations represent the culmination of years of lobbying by the  
FBI, the Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration,  
which have argued that "criminals, terrorists and spies" could cloak  
their Internet communications with impunity unless police received  
broad new surveillance powers. The final rules, published this month  
by the Federal Communications Commission, apply to "any type of  
broadband Internet access service" and many Internet phone services.

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