RE: Mechanics of CALEA taps

Honestly, I expect replies to this question to range between zero and none, but I have to ask it.

Surprise!

I understand the CALEA tap mechanism for most ISPs, generally, works like this:

* we outsource our CALEA management to company X * we don't even know there's been a request until we've gotten a bill from X.

I've never even thought of the idea of outsourcing CALEA requests. That is probably because I would never consider doing it. Perhaps we are in the minority, but we scrutinize every request of any sort to ensure it has jurisdiction and is valid. I can't even fathom the thought of trusting a third party for this.