replied that the governmental concern about wiretaps was and is primarily and unambiguously about narcotics.
and
Back to Narcotics. He gave the statistic that 90% of the narcotics leads related to money laundering come from domestic wiretaps.
Wow, this is easy then: legalize drugs and wiretaps are practically unessessary. Buy a copy of High Times today! ;) It does amaze me that what can be a victimless activity is such a hotbutton. A direct quote from him saying the above would be a nice tool the next time kiddie porn and terrorists are thrown out for the press to chew on.
Inman was surprised by the looming introduction of VoicePGP, and said that that would be a big problem
I like the sound of this.
So Inman seems sensitive to issues of privacy, but in this case, they seem to be primarily associated with invasions of privacy by the media rather than by the government.
Typical. Sounds like a very interesting talk. -j