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  "node_id": "us-communications-assistance-for-law-enforcement-act",
  "title": "US Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA, 47 USC ch 9): Carrier Surveillance Capability",
  "domain": "Telecoms & Digital Infrastructure",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "last_updated": "2026-05-26",
  "bluf": "The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 (CALEA, 47 U.S.C. ch. 9) requires telecommunications carriers to design their equipment, facilities and services so that they can enable lawfully authorized electronic surveillance, administered by the Federal Communications Commission with the Department of Justice. Section 1001 supplies the definitions, including telecommunications carrier. Section 1002 sets the core assistance capability requirements: a carrier must ensure that its equipment and services are capable of expeditiously isolating and enabling the government, pursuant to a court order or other lawful authorization, to intercept communications and to access call-identifying information, while protecting the privacy of communications not authorized to be intercepted. Section 1003 governs notices of capacity requirements, section 1004 requires systems security and integrity (so that interceptions occur only with appropriate authorization and an officer's involvement), and section 1005 addresses the cooperation of equipment manufacturers and providers of telecommunications support services. Section 1006 provides for industry technical requirements and standards and a safe harbor for carriers that comply with them, and section 1007 provides for enforcement orders by the courts. Section 1008 governs the payment of the costs of compliance. The Act is the legal foundation of lawful-intercept capability in US telecommunications networks.",
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  "primary_citations_count": 8
}