National Security on the Line

INTRODUCTION................................................................................... 409 I. FEDERAL WIRETAPPING LAWS: A SHORT HISTORY............ 412 II. EXTENDING CALEA --WHAT DOES LAW ENFORCEMENT WANT? .......................................................... 418 III. HOW DOES NETWORK-SWITCHING TECHNOLOGY WORK?....................................................................................... 423 IV. TECHNOLOGY RISKS POSED BY THE FBI’S PROPOSAL......... 426 A. The End-to-End Rule in Internet Architecture ................ 427 B. The Internet and Critical Infrastructure............................. 428 C. Network Architecture and Wiretapping............................. 430 D. The Threats are Real .......................................................... 431 E. Enabling Surveillance by the Bad Guys.............................. 432 F. We’ve Had This Battle Before ........................................... 434 V. SECURITY FROM A BROADER VIEWPOINT............................. 437 CONCLUSION....................................................................................... 445