legality of wiretapping: a "key" distinction

[Declan McCullagh]

On Thu, 10 Oct 1996, jim bell wrote:

> Unicorn's response was inadvertently hilarious.  He says that wiretapping is 
> "firmly entrenched" in law-enforcement, but the truth is that it was 
> "firmly entrenched" long before it was even legal!

Yep, seems right to me. While I share some part of your position on the 
undesirability of wiretapping, Uni's remarks about it being "firmly 
entrenched" in the minds of L.E. and Capitol Hill are quite on-target.

Few here in DC believe in an absolute right to privacy.

-Declan


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