10-27-96. WaPo: "Heightened Tensions Over Digital Taps. Telecommunications Industry, FBI at Odds Over High-Tech Tools" Telco officials say that the FBI aims to force phone companies to build extensive surveillance systems into their telephone networks that will likely open new avenues of surveillance for government wiretappers. Freeh has testified that his agency is "simply trying to catch up with technology." In recent interviews, however, his senior aides insisted there are virtually no limits to the types and amount of information they can intercept once a judge signs a court order. "It would be stupid of us, as a police agency, not to take advantage of information in the system to solve crime," said James Kallstrom. "That shouldn't shock you. The technology offers a lot more." ----- http://jya.com/bye4th.txt (10 kb) ftp://jya.com/pub/incoming/bye4th.txt BYE_4th