[IP] FBI lobbies for new wiretap rules targeting cable, DSL providers

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 08:32:03 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
>
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1028-5056424.html
>
>    FBI targets Net phoning
>    By Declan McCullagh
>    July 29, 2003, 4:00 AM PT
>
>    Internet telephone calls are fast becoming a national security threat
>    that must be countered with new police wiretap rules, according to an
>    FBI proposal presented quietly to regulators this month.
>
>    Representatives of the FBI's Electronic Surveillance Technology
>    Section in Chantilly, Va., have met at least twice in the past three
>    weeks with senior officials of the Federal Communications Commission
>    to lobby for proposed new Internet eavesdropping rules. The
>    FBI-drafted plan seeks to force broadband providers to provide more
>    efficient, standardized surveillance facilities and could
>    substantially change the way that cable modem and DSL (digital
>    subscriber line) companies operate.
>
>    The new rules are necessary because terrorists could otherwise
>    frustrate legitimate wiretaps by placing phone calls over the
>    Internet, warns a summary of a July 10 meeting with the FCC that the
>    FBI prepared. "Broadband networks may ultimately replace narrowband
>    networks," the summary says. "This trend offers increasing
>    opportunities for terrorists, spies and criminals to evade lawful
>    electronic surveillance."
>
>    [...]

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