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watt-alan@net.yale.edu (Alan Watt) writes:

>it was finally disclosed.  All calls from detainees to their attorneys
>were recorded, as were all calls from attorneys at State Police facilites
>to anywhere.  The State Police claimed they "never reviewed" the recordings.
>Just recently, the CT Attorney General announced that no charges would be
>filed in the case.

>Now admittedly, these recordings were made on the PABX equipment at
>State Police premises, not the facilities of SNET or another public
>service provider.  But given the changes in telecommunications, what
>unit of governemnt *doesn't* operate its own phone network these days?

You betcha.  At Langley Research Center, all phone traffic is *subject*
to monitoring, ostensibly to ensure that work-related conversations are
taking place.  We use a ROLM phone CBX.  Apparently there has been abuse
of long-distance calling cabailities for personal conversations (even
personal business, such as pyramid insurance schemes and the like).  I
have absolutely no idea if I was ever listened in on, but at least NASA
can rightfully say that they own the equipment and put it there so I can
perform the duties they pay me for.  PLUS, we were told up front about
the possibility of monitoring.

This is much different than giving the impression of a secure line for
conducting attorney-client conversations and then recording it all (even
if they SAY they never listened to it).

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