 whizkid3Premium,MVM
join:2002-02-21
Queens, NY
kudos:8 | reply to tjefferson
Bill Clinton Wow, George Bush is such a defender of the Constitution, it must be Bill Clinton's fault. quote:
Congress passed the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) in 1994 to make it easier for law enforcement to wiretap digital telephone networks. CALEA forced telephone companies to redesign their network architectures to make wiretapping easier. It expressly did not regulate data traveling over the Internet.
But now [under GWB's pro-freedom policies] federal law enforcement agencies want to change that. On March 10, 2004, the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) filed a joint petition with the FCC. The petition requested that CALEA's reach be expanded to cover communications that travel over the Internet. Thus, Broadband providers would be required to rebuild their networks to make it easier for law enforcement to tap Internet "phone calls" that use VOIP applications such as Vonage, as well as online "conversations" using various kinds of instant messaging (IM) programs like AOL Instant Messenger (AIM).
What part about the word expressly, as in 'when CALEA was created, it expressly did not regulate data traveling over the Internet', can't you understand, King P? |
