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This makes no sense. First of all, I can find no confirmation of this one the Internet. Second, it's hard to believe that this would've passed in the first place with so little notice. Third, here is an article dated today that discusses a bill just introduced by Texas Rep. Lamar Smith that would do exactly what you allege is already going to be done. In fact I distinctly recall reading about his introduction of this before and that it didn't pass (and also that Rep. Marty Meehan wanted to introduce a bill that would do the opposite - require the deletion of most ISP records after a short timeframe).

So, in any case, I might certainly have missed something important, but for now I'm skeptical about this pending verification.

You need confirmation? Ok.

http://www.askcalea.net < very "sterile" reading, government speak.

http://www.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Digest/2006/dd061214.html

About mid page in the above URL.

A little more explanation on this next link.

http://blog.tmcnet.com/lawful-intercept/filing-date-for-calea-monitoring-report-upon-us.asp

This link should help a bit, too.

http://www.fcc.gov/calea/

Basically, it has now become unlawful to connect anyone to the internet faster than 200kbps without federal intervention, registration of your service, and statements of compliance with regulation.

Many ISP's don't even know they have to comply yet.

I believe the deadline is MAY 14, not MARCH 14...

See CALEA FAQ:

Question: By what date must CALEA be implemented?

Answer:

Date: May 14, 2007
Requirement: Deadline for Interconnected VoIP and Broadband Access providers.
Date: June 30, 2002
Requirement: Deadline for all assistance capability requirements.
Date: November 19, 2001
Requirement: Packet-mode communications assistance capability deadline.
Date: March 12, 2001
Requirement: Capacity requirements deadline for local exchange, cellular, and broadband PCS telecommunications carriers.

Enjoy your freedom as an American for two more months.

This is old news being dredged up for the 10th time. SINCE CLINTON, we have had "Carnivore" and one other program that starts with an "E"( the name escapes me right now and I'm too lazy to look it up for others), to do whatever it takes to find terrorists like the OK City bomber and David Koresh,( member them?) Janet Reno sought and got permission to cull out e-mail and IM traffic to find Christians that believe Jesus is coming back. Nothing has changed.

If this is so dangerous, why can't they catch these bastids that post "You Tube" video's of be-headings and blowing up our soldiers? If and when they pull one of us into court for posting on FR, then we can get excited. The problem with libs is they know they are going to be the first to fall under this law. THEY are the ones wanting to kill Bush and blow up churches.

I am a 30 year retiree from SBC and worked on the circuits AlGore wanted to send all fiber pipes to Virginia so they could dial into any and all phone traffic( that's DSL also) to listen in. Remember back when AlGore wanted us to all be digital(cell phones too) by such and such date? Fiber runs in rings and the equipment to monitor it can be here or Canada, Mexico, or anywhere. SBC had a plan at one time to send all traffic to Mexico to replace US workers that you might talk to for service. It never happened, but it was discussed. I think it ended up in India. Supposedly, you still have to get a warrant to tap communication, but they can listen to anybody anytime in the time it takes to punch in a LEN number in your central office. The truth is, someone in India could punch you up and read your e-mails or listen to you phone calls whenever they wanted. They might get into trouble if the contractor wanted to keep the contract with the phone company, but hey, who knows who is interested in what and for how much? I'm sure there are safeguards to set off alarms if someone is doing this illegally, but there is alway someone with a password and authority if it is needed.

The other name is "Echelon" or some such spelling. It takes me awhile, but it's all still there.