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- From: starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu (Tim Starr)
- Subject: Re: Registered Keys - why the need?
- Message-ID: <1992Nov8.094517.20255@genie.slhs.udel.edu>
- Organization: UDel, School of Life & Health Sciences
- References: <1992Nov01.233637.138278@watson.ibm.com> <DLB.92Nov4100421@fanny.wash.inmet.com> <1992Nov7.145606.1684@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 09:45:17 GMT
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- In article <1992Nov7.145606.1684@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu> denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu writes:
- }But perhaps the more important point is that they could not do it
- }because it is illegal under Title 18 to tap without an order. I
- }really don't see how some gov't agency could embark on massive
- }surveillance without someone finding out and throwing the books at
- }them.
-
- As if the US government obeys its own laws! They apply them to us, not to
- themselves. Shall we do a search through US history to find illegal taps?
-
- }Another point about intercepts that seems to be misunderstood has to
- }do with minimization. If the gov't is listening, they have to turn it
- }off if the conversation turns to something unrelated to the court
- }order. They can periodically check, but even with a court order they
- }are not allowed to listen to everything.
-
- That's only if they want to gather admissible evidence for a trial. If you
- think that's all that the government does in tapping, you're naive.
-
-
- Tim Starr - Renaissance Now! - Think Universally, Act Selfishly
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- "True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten
- oneself and others." - Voltaire
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