[42958] in Cypherpunks
Re: Kallstrom Calls All Calls Tappable
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David G. Koontz)
Mon Nov 6 09:39:34 1995
Date: Mon, 6 Nov 95 06:31:21 -0800
From: koontz@MasPar.COM (David G. Koontz)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com, jya@pipeline.com
> James Kallstrom, assistant FBI director in charge of the
> New York field division, argues that the proposal would in
> fact reduce the FBI's surveillance authority. "Today ... we
> could tap all the phones in the United States," he said,
> referring to older, pre-digital technology. Under the plan,
> the FBI's surveillance ability would shrink to a maximum of
> 1 percent of simultaneous telephone calls from any one
> telephone switch, he said.
Doublespeak. 2 legs good 4 legs better.
