Politech is the oldest Internet resource devoted to politics and technology. Launched in 1994 by Declan McCullagh, the mailing list has chronicled the growing intersection of law, culture, technology, and politics. Since 2000, so has the Politech web site.

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/

---

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.

[...remainder snipped...]

Posted by Declan McCullagh on Oct 24, 2005 in category privacy

Get a Politech feed through RSS or Atom

The Politech general information pages and photographs are copyrighted by Declan McCullagh. Original posts distributed to the mailing list are licensed under a Creative Commons License.