[68646] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Will your cisco have the FBI's IOS?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sean Donelan)
Mon Mar 15 12:02:29 2004
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 12:01:57 -0500 (EST)
From: Sean Donelan <sean@donelan.com>
To: Scott McGrath <mcgrath@fas.harvard.edu>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0403151039170.24761@ls04.fas.harvard.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
On Mon, 15 Mar 2004, Scott McGrath wrote:
> What is desired here is a system by which all communications
> originating/or terminating at $DESIGNATED_TARGET can be intercepted with
> no intervention by and/or knowledge of the carrier hence ensuring the
> security of the investigation.
I don't think that is correct. Read the Justice Department's filing.
With correct legal authorization, law enforcement already has access to
any electronic communications through a carrier.
From the Washington Post:
The Justice Department wants to significantly expand the government's
ability to monitor online traffic, proposing that providers of high-speed
Internet service should be forced to grant easier access for FBI
wiretaps and other electronic surveillance, according to documents and
government officials.
A petition filed this week with the Federal Communications Commission
also suggests that consumers should be required to foot the bill.
Is this a modem tax by another name. Should every ISP add a fee to their
subscriber's bill to pay for it?
Read the filing.
