This article takes a look at the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), which was passed in 1994 to facilitate law enforcement authorities’ wiretapping of digital telephone networks. In 2004, the FCC suggested substantial expansions in the scope of the CALEA in its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM). In August 2005, the FCC’s Final Rule expanded the CALEA to include Internet broadband and VoIP providers. This article also explores privacy watchdogs’ criticism of government surveillance [...]