This is an excerpt from an Hearing Designation Order adopted by the FCC 20 July 1994 in the case of Freemon vs. AT&T. For more detail, try the FCC Web server: (http://fcc.gov:70/0/Orders/Common_Carrier/orcc4012.txt) I had not seen it mentioned here:
4. The crux of the Freemons' complaint is the allegation that the AT&T operator who handled Elehue Freemon's May 30, 1988 call improperly interrupted and divulged the contents of his call and thus violated Section 705(a) of the Act. According to Mr. Freemon, AT&T's operator listened to their eight-minute conversation and then interrupted to ask Lucille Freemon if her son needed medical help. Mr. Freemon claims that he had already refused two offers of assistance by the operator and that the operator's subsequent actions were inappropriate.
At the outset, AT&T denies that [1] this ever happened and [2] if it did happen the FCC has no jurisdiction in this matter. http://www.fcc.gov/ is the FCC Web Server address. _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ All men recognize the right of revolution; that is, the right to refuse allegiance to, and to resist the government, when its tyranny or its inefficiency are great and unendurable. From Thoreau's "Civil Disobedience"