Ken Bass: Wire tap only useful for conviction (Was: SAFE Forum--some comments)

[Sandy Sandfort]

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                       SANDY SANDFORT
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C'punks,

At 09:59 AM 7/3/96 -0400, Michael Froomkin wrote:

>...wiretaps help LEOs identify co-conspirators.  They are 
>not without intelligence value. 

True, but so do pen registers.  It's usually easy enough to 
separate calls to Pizza Hut from calls to co-cospirators.
There is no need to hear the content of a call to get a good 
idea who is involved in a conspiracy.


 S a n d y

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