From: Jim Thompson on
On Wed, 04 Oct 06 14:48:36 GMT, lparker(a)emory.edu (Lloyd Parker)
wrote:

>In article <MPG.1f8db6b8105f0bb9989d69(a)News.Individual.NET>,
> Keith <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote:
[snip]
>>
>>Phones (of the domestic type, anyway) aren't tapped without
>>warrant. Get with the program.
>>
>
>Tapped? That's semantics. How does the NSA know a call is going to involve
>someone of interest? They monitor all calls and a computer "listens" for
>certain key words and phrases.
>
[snip]

That's rarely the case, and not without warrant.

What NSA was doing was using computer perusal of telephone _records_,
"To/From" data.

From those suspicious records, taps were authorized by a judge.

...Jim Thompson
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From: Homer J Simpson on

"JoeBloe" <joebloe(a)thebarattheendoftheuniverse.org> wrote in message
news:bk67i2h4mqd7a3fklnm61u7fouvjoha03a(a)4ax.com...

> You ain't real bright, are ya, boy?

I believe you have repeatedly proven that we are all smarter than you.









From: Homer J Simpson on

"Daniel Mandic" <daniel_mandic(a)aon.at> wrote in message
news:45240267$1$3499$91cee783(a)newsreader02.highway.telekom.at...

> What does WRT mean?

http://computing-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/WRT




From: Keith on
In article <45240267$1$3499$91cee783
@newsreader02.highway.telekom.at>, daniel_mandic(a)aon.at says...
> Keith wrote:
>
> > Right. I don't believe in any laws WRT guns.
>
> Hi Keith!
>
>
> What does WRT mean?
>

WRT == "With Respect To"

--
Keith
From: Keith on
In article <IjTUg.51404$E67.14436(a)clgrps13>, nobody(a)nowhere.com
says...
>
> "Keith" <krw(a)att.bizzzz> wrote in message
> news:MPG.1f8db6b8105f0bb9989d69(a)News.Individual.NET...
>
> > Phones (of the domestic type, anyway) aren't tapped without
> > warrant. Get with the program.
>
> How would you ever know?
>
*You*don't know, so you assume thay are. Your tinfoil hat is
slipping.

--
Keith