~terry
Sat, Feb 21, 1998 (16:38)
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Want to know what's legally involved in doing a wiretap? Join Shabbir
Safdar and "government" guests for a point-by-point explanation of how
wiretaps are legally authorized and put in place.
Shabbir J. Safdar, The Voters Telecommunications Watch plus "government"
guests
We have the full realaudio and video clips of this running periodically
on our main http://www.spring.com page. Email for times and dates if you
want to see this highly popular session
~terry
Wed, Mar 4, 1998 (07:12)
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The lunch breakout sessions offered a decent variety in subject
topics. I attended 'How to Do a Wiretap' with Shabbir J. Safdar from
The Voters Telecommunications Watch. This was an entertaining session
because the information was relayed in the form of a mock wiretap
involving lawyers, government agents, and snowboarders. The
snowboarders possessed illegal drugs and the FBI wanted to set up a
wiretap to monitor their conversations. Safdar outlined the process of
obtaining a wiretap, focusing on the necessary requirement, predicate
offense, and probable cause. He also outlined minimization, which is
the capture of material relevant to the investigation only. For
example, the wiretap was shut off when the snowboarders began
discussing the 'killer slopes, dude'. When the snowboarders began
using snowboarding lingo as code words for drug lingo, the taping was
resumed. Finally, a few interesting tidbits: computer fraud is not a
valid predicate offense; 8 out of 10 offenses involve gambling and the
Mafia; rules for data interception are less stringent when dealing
with equipment such as pagers.
- Danielle Gallo