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To: Snowshoe who wrote (8383)	11/16/1999 2:46:00 PM
From: Rocket Scientist	Respond to of 29987

Regarding FBI wiretap compliance, this September 13 article describes how a problem similar to Globalstar's was solved: canoe.ca Technology News TMI sets precedent with U.S. deal Wins security clearance: Telecom firm agrees to wiretaps -- but not on Canadians

To: Snowshoe who wrote (8383)	11/16/1999 2:46:00 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 29987

Not so fast there Greg. I've already used it! Admittedly I had to fly to Geneva and was not allowed to buy a phone and there was nowhere to connect to if I had been allowed to buy a phone. But I am NOT one of the last two people to use G. The Qualcomm phones worked really well. So, where are they? 10,000 handsets seem to have disappeared into thin air. There should be another 10,000 somewhere too, because production is underway and only a month to the end of the year when there will be 40,000 or some such. All a puzzle to me. Now I hear [via PM] that the FBI doesn't have any power to hold up service anyway. No FBI permits are needed. Seems odd that to run a phone service you have to get permission from police? Understandable in China or Russia, but the USA isn't normally considered a police state. But maybe it is the Department of Justice, not the police as per that article canoe.ca <Even though it will operate the service from Canada, TMI agreed to put a digital switch in the United States that would give FBI and other U.S. security agencies the ability to listen in on satellite calls or copy data, such as financial records,* as required by new federal laws that will force all U.S. mobile communications companies to do the same by next June. As first reported by the National Post in June, the FBI had blocked TMI from getting a Federal Communications Commission licence because it was worried that criminals or terrorists would use foreign-based telecommunications companies to avoid wiretaps. The FBI has complained it can not easily tap phonecalls going through foreign countries.> Those terrorist financial statements and the danger of them to citizens!! I wonder if what it is really all about is that the Feds wish to ensure a steady income of loot and if finances disappear into The Web, their cash flow forecasts will go down. The War of The Worlds has begun. The Feds versus IT. I'm betting on IT to win. The Feds will be assigned a 3D supervision role by IT and they will NOT be able to control or monitor all communications. Sure, the Feds will win this one and Globalstar will have to comply. But wait until Constellation10 and things will be a LOT different. Maurice