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From: roy@alanine.phri.nyu.edu (Roy Smith)
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Subject: Re: To Broadcast or Not to Broadcast? (Was: BC Politician)
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Date: 4 Aug 90 12:37:11 GMT
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> Some lawyers have argued that a cellular call *is* a broadcast transmission
> if the participants know that someone *might* be listening in. . . .

	I heard a snippet on TV yesterday evening which, if I heard
and understood it right, said that the IRS is now listening in on
cellular calls, to gain evidence in tax evasion cases.  Anybody know
anything about this?  


Roy Smith  
Public Health Research Institute
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