[Clips] All Those NSA Wiretaps Are Just a Friendster in Disguise

[coderman]

On 1/30/06, R. A. Hettinga <rah at shipwright.com> wrote:
> ...
>   "Here's one more tidbit on wire-taps: They get you free phone service! The
>   feds tapped the phone of the Sisters of Mercy in Washington D.C. because of
>   some anti-war stance or something they took in the 1980s. The good sisters
>   noticed some kind of clicking on the phone at times, and finally decided
>   that someone must have tapped into their phone. Their solution: Don't pay
>   the bill so the phone company will have to shut off the phone. The phone
>   never went dead, and they quit sending them bills! The Feds wouldn't let Ma
>   Bell shut them down, and probably began paying the bills. The sisters
>   talked long and free with their friends across the country!"

oh man, that's classic!

i wonder if i could get them to pay for FiOS...