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Message-ID: <a9f4a3860911032150u475b9af4ne152379f8bee6cc9@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:50:10 -0800 From: Kurt Buff <kurt.buff@...il.com> To: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk> Subject: Re: How Prosecutors Wiretap Wall Street On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 20:13, Paul Schmehl <pschmehl_lists@...rr.com> wrote: > --On November 4, 2009 12:55:45 PM +1100 "Ivan ." <ivanhec@...il.com> wrote: > >> The answer is both more mundane and more alarming. Prosecutors are >> using the FBI's massive surveillance system, DCSNet, which stands for >> Digital Collection System Network. According to Wired magazine, this >> system connects FBI wiretapping rooms to switches controlled by >> traditional land-line operators, internet-telephony providers and >> cellular companies. It can be used to instantly wiretap almost any >> communications device in the U.S. — wireless or tethered. >> >> http://www.wallstreetandtech.com/blog/archives/2009/10/how_prosecutors.h >> tml;jsessionid=ABTR4HPERGBDFQE1GHPCKHWATMY32JVN >> > > Of course, without a warrant they can't wiretap anything. Really? Do tell. Hope your sarcasm meter is pegged here. > Furthermore > every warrant to wiretap has to be accompanied by evidence that justifies > the warrant and signed by a federal judge who agrees that there is > sufficient cause for the wiretap, and illegal wiretaps will not only get > your case thrown out of court but your butt thrown in jail as well. Except when it doesn't. > But other than that, it's really troubling.... As it should be. I don't trust Feds as far as I can spit when it comes to this sort of stuff. Kurt _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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