[80826] in Cypherpunks
Re: 1996 Wiretap Report
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jack Flap)
Thu May 29 10:42:00 1997
From: "Jack Flap" <jack_flap@hotmail.com>
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Date: Thu, 29 May 1997 07:06:20 PDT
Reply-To: "Jack Flap" <jack_flap@hotmail.com>
Eric Blossom <eb@comsec.com> may have written:
> (2) In the past 11 years (1986 - 1996) a total of 9,912 intercept
> applications were approved. Of that number 5 (five!) were for
> "Arson, explosives, and weapons." Unless they've classified wiretaps
> against "suspected terrorists" in the "Other" category, it looks
> as if the LEOs don't think (targeted) wiretaps are useful for stopping
> small groups of modestly skilled people bent on blowing things up. No
Shit.
Hmmm. :-)
I guess the spook angle is to ensure that those are <cringe>well
targetted</cringe> wiretaps - targetting based on intelligence,
which is probably not the same as legal intercept...
Jack.
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