George Washington University Professor and former Senior White House Advisor Amitai Etzioni makes a case for expanded Internet phone call wiretapping. Etzioni is author of two dozen books, including "How Patriotic is the PATRIOT Act? Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism".
Internet privacy watchdog groups and others complain the FCC's decision to expand surveillance capability for Internet phone calls oversteps the scope of the law that allows wiretapping conventional phone lines. They also say it would require costly hardware changes that customers would end up paying. But the Justice Department and their proponents say technology should not outpace the methods to keep the country safe.