Re: Newt's phone calls

["Peter Trei" <trei@process.com>]

> Date:          Wed, 15 Jan 1997 07:59:24 -0800 (PST)
> From:          Brian Lane <nexus@eskimo.com>
> To:            Eric Murray <ericm@lne.com>
> Cc:            cypherpunks@toad.com
> Subject:       Re: Newt's phone calls

> On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Eric Murray wrote:
> 
> > Clay Olbon II writes:
> > > 
> > > The congressman (Boehner? from Ohio) whose cellphone was "eavesdropped"
> > > stated today that he was parked in the lot of a Waffle House in Lake City
> > > FL.  The couple said that they just happened to be driving by when they
> > > overheard and began taping the conversation.
> > 
> > Interesting.  In California, operating a scanner while driving is illegal.
> > Of course it was probably the passenger running the scanner.
> 
>   Actually in Florida its illegal to even have a scanner in your car!
> These folks have broken several state and federal laws, as well as the
> congressman who leaked it to the newspapers instead of turning it over to
> the head of the Ethics committe as he should have. Everyone involved here
> is, or should be, in deep yogurt.
> 
>   I don't like the laws they passed, but since they passed them I want to
> see them enforce them to the full extent posible. Then maybe people will
> start to wonder why the transmission wasn't encrypted. Which also leads to
> another question. How much information is in the clear from congressmen
> and government employees who are clueless about the security of their
> cellphones, cordless phones, etc?

>   Brian

I don't know about Florida, but in most states with 
anti-scanner-in-car bans, there's an exception for
FCC licensed Amateur Radio Operators (aka 'hams').

Peter Trei
N1MNV

trei@process.com