“Originally CALEA only granted the ability to wiretap digital telephone networks, but in the years since CALEA was passed it has been greatly expanded to include all VoIP and broadband internet traffic. From 2004 to 2007 there was a 62 percent growth in the number of wiretaps performed under CALEA — and more than 3,000 percent growth in interception of internet data such as email. By 2007, the FBI had spent $39 million on its DCSNet system, which collects, stores, indexes, and analyzes communications data. The FCC ruled in 2005 that providers of broadband Internet access and interconnected VoIP services are regulable as ‘telecommunications carriers’ under CALEA.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communications_Assistance_for_Law_Enforcement_Act
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