Re: Disturbing statistics on wiretaps

[cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison)]

>From: "George A. Gleason" <gg@well.sf.ca.us>
>Subject: Re: Disturbing statistics on wiretaps
>Message-Id: <93Sep29.023420pdt.14278-2@well.sf.ca.us>
>Date: 	Wed, 29 Sep 1993 02:34:18 -0700


>And of course it should be remembered that there is still an old drug-war
>thing on the books which allows 72 hours' interception without a court
>order.  Now depending on how that's interpreted, 72 hours are a lot of
>conversations.  This stuff can be used for background intelligence and
>investigation where it never winds up in court but is used to get
>information to be used in other ways.  "It's what they don't tell you..."


This can't be true.

I read DERD's paper on wiretap law and she certainly didn't mention
anything like this.

You must be making it up.

:-) ?

No,  :-(

 - Carl