[159773] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: CALEA options for small/midsize ISPs
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Ashworth)
Mon Jan 21 10:50:58 2013
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 10:50:31 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Ashworth <jra@baylink.com>
To: NANOG <nanog@nanog.org>
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----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jimmy Hess" <mysidia@gmail.com>
> Forget about FCC civil penalties: the LEA may start arresting
> managers responsible for refusal, on the charges of obstruction, due
> to interfering with an investigation.
>
> People might talk about refusing to process a CALEA warrant.
>
> IF/when they do receive such a lawful order: I am almost positive
> they will respond in some way other than a refusal to attempt to
> comply.
>
> So that's probably why it's not likely we will hear of a refusal
> occuring, at least for a long time
Yes, "constructive" refusal is much harder to prove.
Cheers,
-- jra
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