full-disclosure - Re: How Prosecutors Wiretap Wall Street

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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

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