Maybe the "wiretap" hooks in the carriers' systems are accessable more globally than they would wish us to believe. Pat. At 06:40 AM 11/4/96 -0500, you wrote:

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Long-distance telecommunications carriers have been in bed with governments since Samuel F. B. Morse strung a line into DC. Only a modest amount of cynicism is required to think that there are "wiretap" hooks in the carriers' systems. When an MCI merges with a Britsh Telecom, who gets the benefit of the hooks?

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