Law enforcement organizations told the FCC they wanted to ‘go on ...
Law enforcement organizations told the FCC they wanted to “go on record as continuing our strong support” for DoJ’s request for a new rulemaking to resolve any problems associated with the implementation of CALEA. DoJ, the FBI and the…
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Drug Enforcement Administration filed a joint petition in March urging, among other things, that the FCC look at issues raised by the growth of VoIP. In reply comments Tues., law enforcement groups said state and local agencies administer more authorized intercepts than federal agencies. The filing was made by the International Assn. of Chiefs of Police, Major Cities Chiefs Assn., National Sheriffs’ Assn. and Major County Sheriffs’ Assn. Also filing comments, VeriSign said that “while parties… may differ on the effects and costs” of DoJ’s proposals, “a consensus exists on moving forward expeditiously” with a rulemaking. However, “the notion that the IP protocol provides immunity from the application CALEA, thereby requiring 17,000 different law enforcement agencies to go running around the country attempting to drop their own devices into the infrastructure… is not a credible solution,” the security company said. VeriSign said the capabilities sought by DoJ are “largely available or rapidly emerging in the global marketplace [but] the necessary capabilities… will not be consistently deployed by providers in the U.S. telecommunications infrastructure and available to all law enforcement absent Commission action on the Joint Petition.” VeriSign said the DoJ petition has “a blueprint for the critical components of coverage, compliance and cost recovery… and those components should emerge quickly in the form of a rulemaking proposal.” The FCC has said it plans to initiate a rulemaking soon to address the issues raised in DoJ’s petition.