A recent series of four newscasts on the Fox Network alleged that
U. S. telephone call records have been falling into the hands of
international organized crime. Call records allow traffic analysis but do
not disclose the contents of the conversations.
However, the newscasts further alleged that the equipment used by the FBI to
do the wiretaps authorized by the CALEA legislation (1994) has been
compromised. It is said to contain back doors that allow unauthorized
persons to obtain access to the contents of telephone conversations. The
back doors were not put there by the FBI and are not under their control.
Partial transcripts of the newscasts are available at
http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40684,00.html
http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40747,00.html
http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40824,00.html
http://foxnews.com/story/0,2933,40981,00.html
The second newscast cites an example of a 1997 Los Angeles drug case in
which access to telephone call records was used to "completely compromise
the communications of the FBI, the Secret Service, the DEO [sic] and the
LAPD." ["michael e. goldsby" via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 83]
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