[67842] in Cypherpunks
RE: legality of wiretapping: a "key" distinction
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Anonymous)
Fri Oct 11 07:16:22 1996
Date: Fri, 11 Oct 1996 04:39:03 -0600
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
From: nobody@zifi.genetics.utah.edu (Anonymous)
jim bell <jimbell@pacifier.com> writes:
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>Ironically he said it, despite the fact that wiretapping is comparatively
>rare. Perjury, "drop guns," faking and planting evidence, accepting bribes,
>strongarming suspects, and similar techniques are probably far more commonly
>used than wiretapping ever was, but I don't see Unicorn describing those as
>"firmly entrenched" even though that would be an accurate characterization.
Donuts and coffee are firmly entrenched in law enforcement, too. Must Unicorn say _all_ obvious things in his (futile, but increasingly humorous) quixotic quest for your continuing (and free) legal education? Say it ain't so..
me
