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Re: ACLU Cyber-Liberties Update: Nov. 8, 1995

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brad Dolan)
Sat Nov 11 18:20:32 1995

Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1995 18:10:19 -0500 (EST)
From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
To: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199511111547.HAA08706@blob.best.net>



On Fri, 10 Nov 1995, James A. Donald wrote:

> At 05:15 PM 11/8/95 -0500, ACLUNATL@aol.com wrote:
> > According to the government's own statistics, 1,800 innocent conversations
> > are intercepted each and every time a wiretap or other form of electronic
> > surveillance is placed.
> 
> This seems curiously inefficient, even for government work.

Only if the government isn't interested in monitoring the 1,800 innocent 
conversations.

-Brad Dolan, 

Who was stopped and questioned at a highway "checkpoint" this morning.
This was the third time this year.

Listen to a few thousand conversations or question a few thousand 
motorists, and you're bound to find somebody up to something.



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