FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills

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	FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills

Pooge

1-10-2008 7:37 PM

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fbi, wiretaps, telephone companies

Pooge says:

I'm surprised the Bush administration hasn't suggested additional taxes on our phone bills to help cover the costs.

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The report by Justice Department Inspector General Glenn A. Fine also found that more than half of the nearly 1,000 telecommunications bills reviewed by investigators were not paid on time, including one invoice for $66,000 at one unidentified field office.
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