The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), which has raised red...
The Center for Democracy & Technology (CDT), which has raised red flags about federal law enforcement’s March filing addressing CALEA in an Internet age, met this week with FCC Comrs. Martin and Adelstein. According to an ex parte filing…
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describing the meeting, CDT said the FBI “has refused to engage in a dialogue that might reveal what problems (if any) need to be addressed.” CDT said the language of the statute should be construed strictly -- that CALEA covers telecom common carriers but not information services. CDT staff Counsel John Morris told us Fri. the group also has meetings set up with Comrs. Abernathy and Copps. “Our conversations so far have been constructive,” Morris said. “I believe the commissioners are concerned about possible harmful implications for the Internet…. It’s also fair to say we've not walked away from those meetings confident that the FCC won’t go down the CALEA path. They mostly listened to what we had to say without indicating where the Commission is headed.”