Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates


	Eavesdrop: How the FBI Wiretap Net Operates

mmcnatt

8-29-2007 11:14 PM

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8-29-2007 11:34 PM

ericskiff

I find it both amazing and terrifying to watch as these stories go from seemingly absurd paranoid ravings to factual disclosure under the freedom of information act.

9-2-2007 8:46 AM

Kore7

Well put, Skiff.

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The surveillance system, called DCSNet, for Digital Collection System Network, connects FBI wiretapping rooms to switches controlled by traditional land-line operators, internet-telephony providers and cellular companies. It is far more intricately woven into the nation's telecom infrastructure than observers suspected. 
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DCSNet combines software with nicknames like Red Hook and Digital Storm, telecommunication switches with legislated backdoors and a private, encrypted nationwide backbone tying spying rooms across the nation together.</P></BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/29/point-click-eavesdro.html"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.boingboing.net/img/EC5CDC02-DB5C-4293-BD04-99A9A9B88D1A" alt="" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/038508FF-119E-4606-836E-8C77741BDCB7/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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