This is correct. Surveillance, not record-keeping, is the intent and purpose of CALEA.
BTW, there is a companion requirement with the surveillance requirements... A "confidentiality gaurantee".
Basically, covered communication types must be gauranteed "secure" ( you can't be hacked ) while at the same time, building in a standard means of "tapping".
OK, thanks for the clarification. BTW, I can understand why you're upset; I just wanted to be clear on what the issue is since I was fairly certain that it wasn't what I interpreted initially (records keeping).