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January 02, 2004

Leaked: Restricted FBI Surveillance 'Guidance' for Voice-Over-IP Providers

FBI Document: Electronic Surveillance Needs for Carrier-Grade Voice over Packet (CGVOP) (1/29/03 - FBI CALEA Implementation)

Electronic surveillance carrier grade voice over packet
issue 1 (2003.01.29)

A "CALEA Implementation section" document, marked "US Government restricted - for official use only - subject to special handling and control."

Written by the FBI to "provide guidance to Carrier-Grade Voice over Packet Service Providers and equipment manufacturers in the form of law enforcement's requirements for these electronic surveillance capabilities."

Originally mirrored by Cryptome in a Zip file -- www.cryptome.org/fbi-cgvop.zip

This version (PDF - 484 kb) courtesy of Why-War.com allows copying and pasting.

The same document (among others) is also archived at Quintessenz.org (caveat lector).

[Read the source...]

Related Links:

AskCALEA (warning: FBI Web Site) - official FBI "resource and information clearinghouse for those individuals and organizations that have an interest in the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994." (Read the Privacy Notice.)

Posted Fri 01/02/2004

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