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WASHINGTON - 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.
A Justice Department audit released Thursday blamed the lost connections on the FBI's lax oversight of money used in undercover investigations. In one office alone, unpaid costs for wiretaps from one phone company totaled $66,000.
A Justice Department audit released Thursday blamed the lost connections on the FBI's lax oversight of money used in undercover investigations. In one office alone, unpaid costs for wiretaps from one phone company totaled $66,000.
Originally posted by donwhite
My (Jacksonville FL) basic phone bill is $33.75 per month. If the FBI bills are the same, then 1,956 phones could have been tapped one month. Assuming the phone company let the bills run 2 months, then 977 phones could have been tapped. Assuming there are at least 50 FBI offices around the country and this billing is typical, then the FBI could be tapping as many as 48,900 phones in the United States.
posted by Alphard
Of-course they probably have better price-offers from the companies also.
Originally posted by Now_Then
Besides if the telcos keep records on the taps as well as the FBI could that not be a bit of a security issue -