Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1998 08:30:19 -0500 To: politech@vorlon.mit.edu From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: Wiretapping law likely will cover Internet telephony

[Any blame should not properly go to the FCC but Congress, which voted for Digital Telephony/CALEA in the first place. --Declan]

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http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16146.html

Wiretapping Internet Phone Lines by Declan McCullagh

4:00 a.m. 10.Nov.98.PST A federal wiretapping law designed to let police snoop on telephone calls could have profound implications for companies that offer Internet phone service.

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