officials want Congress to require all services that enable communications — including encrypted e-mail transmitters like BlackBerry, social networking Web sites like Facebook and software that allows direct “peer to peer” messaging like Skype — to be technically capable of complying if served with a wiretap order. The mandate would include being able to intercept and unscramble encrypted messages.

Man those Democrats sure defend our civil liberties!

U.S. Tries to Make It Easier to Wiretap the Internet - NYTimes.com