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Originally Posted by Mike Brewer
Hardball,
I watched a special (I think it was on the History Channel) about some DEA guys and US Marshalls who were pursuing some fugitive. He was a murderer and a drug dealer, and they suspected he'd try to contact his family and friends, so they recorded all calls to and from those associates' homes. Now, I believe that this was authorized by warrants, although I honestly don't remember. However, they tracked and recorded his calls right from the switching station. This got rid of all the tell-talle clicks and static of line traces or hardware on the end-user's phone itself. Also, I've heard a lot of people say that scanners and the like can pick up cordless phones without the user really being aware of it either. Did you learn anything about those methods when you studied the subject? I only ask because I'm pretty clueless about how that stuff works, but it would seem that scanners and sub-station monitoring would get by a lot of the issues you mentioned.
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First of all, thanks for keeping this thread alive. Next, technology has greatly impacted the clandestine business more than we will ever know. Look at everday items like cellphones, p.c., ipods, digital cameras, red light photos, etc etc etc. Law enforcement and spy agencys have to had benefited from technology also. It's just common sense. Most of that equipment is top secret or classified. The books I had were old from the 70's or 80's. We are sending robots to mars and what have you. As for the static in the line, I am sure that the problem should be corrected but the unassuming mark would never put 2 and 2 together. My understanding is if the Govt. has a warrant; a lot of eavesdropping can be done right from the Phone company. In the old days of I spy and Maxwell Smart, agents broke in to a location and planted their bugs and cameras in covert locations such as lampshades and behind furniture. I worked at several large department stores and I can tell you that pinhole cameras are wireless and hard to see with the naked eye. The majority of electronic spying equipment is wireless and has a range of several miles. I know this from the relationship I had with security personell at places like Macys and May co. You can install a moniotring sytem in your home that will watch and listen to your entrances for less than 200 bucks. Look at your world news and local news coverage. Have you everwondered how the caught so many crimes and accidents on film. It's the satellites and the cameras.
Rule of thumb; because of the space program and technology; most spying equipment is tiny and wireless.
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