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In article <1992Nov4.202104.3851@chpc.org>, rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie) writes:
> The dept of justice proposed wiretap backdoor would require that the
> government be able to monitor telecommunications from a remote location.
> 
> Does anyone know if the proposal would require that they be able to 
> selectively tap into any lines they want (policing themselves doing sop
> only under court order), or if the telephone companies would be allowed
> to enable the remote tap only for specific numbers once presented with
> a court order?  Also, if tapping is done from the remote location, is
> the local telephone company permitted to retain an audit trail of the 
> tap (not the contents; just what number the government remote monitoring
> facility tapped and when)?  Such an audit trail would help provide a 

Law enforcers would not be able to activate a tap.  To quote from the
Digital Telephony proposal: "The legislation does not establish any
independent 'dial-up' authority by which criminal law enforcement 
agencies could effectuate interceptions without the affirmative 
assistance of the providers or operators.  The providers and operators
will continue to make the necessary interconnections or issue the 
necessary switch program instructions to effectuate an interception."

My understanding is that the phone companies keep an audit of all taps.

Section 2519 of Title 18 contains fairly elaborate reporting 
requirements for law enforcement.  The reports go into the annual
"Wiretap Report" which lists the judge, prosecutor, offense specified,
cost, duration, number of intercepts, persons intercepted, 
incriminating intercepts, arrests, trials, motions to suppress, and
convictions for each tap.

Dorothy Denning
denning@cs.georgetown.edu