Subject: Re: FBI seeks huge wiretapping system Author: Jay Campbell <edge@got.net> at internet Date: 03-11-95 06:08

I was being facetious. The point is that the government has no inherent right to tap our phones -- indeed, it didn't do so for nearly the first 200 years of our existance, and we did just fine -- better, in fact.

It is a well-known fact that it was common practice for NSA operatives to ^^^ masquerade as Injuns in the 1800's and waylay Pony Express riders in order ^^^^^^ I think you'll find the NSA was not in existence in the 1800's. to intercept communications between targeted parties. This practice lost popularity towards the end of the century with the advent of boxed cereal, and with it the Lone Ranger Decoder Ring, since the operatives were too underfunded to afford anything more than oatmeal. [ducks] -- Jay Campbell edge@got.net - Operations Manager -=-=-=-=-=-=- Sense Networking, Santa Cruz Node Jay@Campbell.net got.net? PGP MIT KeyID 0xACAE1A89 "On the Information Superhighway, I'm the guy behind you in this morning's traffic jam leaning on his horn."