Declan McCullagh reported: “The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping.”

, and this FCC final rule published in the July 5, 2006 Federal Register: “This document addresses the assistance capabilities required, pursuant to section 103 of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) for facilities-based broadband Internet access providers and providers of interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). More generally, the Second Report and Order and Memorandum Opinion and Order (Second R&O and MO&O) specifies mechanisms to ensure that telecommunications carriers comply with CALEA.”