Re: Newt's phone calls

Alan Bostick writes:

It is also possible that somewhere in the chain of information between mom&pop, the media, and us, the distinction between "cordless phone" and cellular phone. I gather it was a conference call that was intercepted. All it takes is one participant using a cordless phone in range of one scanner, and the whole conversation is compromised.

Yes, a conference call (and we do know there were multiple participants) over a cordless makes sense.