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RE: legality of wiretapping: a "key" distinction
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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