At 03:43 PM 3/27/96 -0500, Shabbir J. Safdar wrote:

Your misunderstanding of how interceptions are done is dangerous to what is otherwise a rational, intelligent argument.

Indeed, there are ways to conduct a wiretap without a judge. They require dispensations from people like the Attorney General, for example. And this is certainly not a normal practice.

I suggest that you study arithmetic before pontificating on normal government practice: 1% of all phone capacity = 850 wiretaps a year. Yeah, right. --------------------------------------------------------------------- | We have the right to defend ourselves | http://www.jim.com/jamesd/ and our property, because of the kind | of animals that we are. True law | James A. Donald derives from this right, not from the | arbitrary power of the state. | jamesd@echeque.com