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Phone Company Shuts Down FBI Wire Taps Due to Unpaid Bills
2008-01-10 18:42:38 by Joel Johnson in Boing Boing Gadgets
 

From the Washington Post/AP:

Telephone companies have cut off FBI wiretaps used to eavesdrop on suspected criminals because of the bureau's repeated failures to pay phone bills on time. ... In at least one case, a wiretap used in a Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act investigation "was halted due to untimely payment," the audit found. FISA wiretaps are used in the government's most sensitive and secretive criminal investigations, and allow eavesdropping on suspected terrorists or spies.
Too bad it's too late to work this into season five of The Wire.

FBI Wiretaps Dropped Due to Unpaid Bills [WashintonPost.com via Crime Scene KC]

 
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