[rhombus]

How is this any different than requiring all telephone companies to record all conversations? Or from requiring all cable television companies from recording what is watched and when? I don't thing the War on Terror requires that kind of sacrifice yet. If there's a question about somebody, sure check out their Internet traffic. Otherwise leave these businesses alone. A little too much fascism for me.

[RobRoy]

>>How is this any different than requiring all telephone companies to record all conversations?<<

It isn't. Again, why I don't vote any more.

It's just too late.

[Scarlet Pimpernel]

"A little too much fascism for me"

There's the problem. A little fascism is like being a little bit pregnant.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

How is this any different than requiring all telephone companies to record all conversations?

It's not. And they don't.

The Digital Telephony Act of 1994's requires the phone companies to provide law enforcement officials with assurance that they will be able to "tap" or have access to the content of any communications incorporating new digital technology in the same way that traditional voice transmissions are currently accessible.

The phone companies do not record all telephone conversations.