Good news for AT&T and Verizon...


	Good news for AT&T and Verizon...

Brian Wingfield

7-9-2008 5:37 PM

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telecomms, at&t, verizon, wiretapping

Brian Wingfield says:

...bad bad for civil rights groups.

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7-10-2008 12:36 PM

isenberg888

Do not say anything into this telephone that you would not whisper directly into the ear of a police officer. This includes FAXes.

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