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1997-01-16 - Re: Newt’s phone calls

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From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
To: Michael Tighe SUN IMP <michael.tighe@Central.Sun.COM>
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Reply To: <199701142058.OAA05219@jeep.Central.Sun.COM>
UTC Datetime: 1997-01-16 05:44:29 UTC
Raw Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:44:29 -0800 (PST)

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From: Rabid Wombat <wombat@mcfeely.bsfs.org>
Date: Wed, 15 Jan 1997 21:44:29 -0800 (PST)
To: Michael Tighe SUN IMP <michael.tighe@Central.Sun.COM>
Subject: Re: Newt's phone calls
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On Tue, 14 Jan 1997, Michael Tighe SUN IMP wrote:

> Bill Stewart writes:
> 
> >Tapping cellphones is more trouble than tapping wired phones -
> >they move around, and to tap them from the phone company end
> >requires taps everywhere that you activate when you know where
> >somebody is.
> 
> Exactly. So how come mom&pop with a scanner were able to record BOTH sides
> of the conversation without interruption? This seems pretty suspicious to
> me. I think Old Newt was targeted by someone inside the phone company, who
> was eavesdropping on all of his cell calls.
> 
> 

Why restrict the list of usual suspects to the phone company?

-r.w.

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