> > I don't know the specific laws, but this is something the spooks
> > have always done anyway. Like Donald Kerr said (if FBI spooks like
> > him and me can be trusted), the FBI routinely orders ISPs to do this
> > surveillance themselves anyway, when the ISP has the resources to do
> > it.
<snip what James would do>
> They have the legal authority and the power to tap lines. They do not
> have
> the authority or the power to make me tap lines for them.
According to Kerr, that's why Carnivore exists - The FBI takes up the
"technical and financial burden" so the ISP doesn't have to tap the lines
for the FBI.
Besides, doing a line-tap requires the cooperation of the phone company in
much the same way. Carnivore is the computer equivilant to a reel-to-reel
recorder in a van.
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