Operational as far as service provider capability to assist lawful
interception of networks. Previous NANOG meetings have dealt with
the topic. There are several other forums for related comments.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040406.gtterror06/BNStory/Technology/
Citing anonymous sources in the British intelligence community, The
Sunday Times reported that an e-mail message intercepted by NSA spies
precipitated a massive investigation by intelligence officials in
several countries that culminated in the arrest of nine men in Britain
and one in suburban Orleans, Ont. -- 24-year-old software developer
Mohammed Momin Khawaja, who has since been charged with facilitating a
terrorist act and being part of a terrorist group.
The Orleans arrest is considered an operational milestone for this vast
electronic eavesdropping network and its operators. But Dave Farber, an
Internet pioneer and computer-science professor at Carnegie-Mellon
University in Pittsburgh, said the circumstances are also notable
because it will be the first time that routine U.S. monitoring of
e-mail traffic has led to an arrest.