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To: epicure who wrote (8815)	1/12/2006 10:59:39 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541458

We just talked about this. I'm missing something. How does tracking down the owner of the random words constitute listening without a warrant? You listened to the random words, which is OK. Before you tap that person's line you get a warrant, which is OK. How does tracking down the line and its owner from the snippet "make an end run around warrants"? Simply because you subsequently learn the identity of the speaker of the snippet that you already heard before you were required to have a warrant?

To: epicure who wrote (8815)	1/12/2006 4:35:16 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 541458

Did you know the FBI does have separate divisions of "criminal" and "terrorism"? Wiretaps, etc have been used for a long time on the "criminal" side. I really didn't until yesterday. What division are you speaking of? No warrant, no listening. And further, it appears that the intel agencies just simply don't care to listen to the vast majority of any people. Why should they? And how could they even if they wanted to....They are not staffed to do it, among other reasons. And who cares what most of us say in our daily lives? They certainly don't.