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In reply to the discussion: Snowden is a criminal on the run, needs to be captured, and brought back to face justice. [View all]freshwest
(53,661 posts)44. The billing records exist a while, but the conversations, unless they've changed since the 80's
are dumped within 48-72 hours.
If you were getting hassled on your line, you had to call and request a tap. Then call right after the next call to get them to keep it for LE. And it had to be really bad to get to that point.
The telecos don't care about the content of your calls, they don't have the storage for it and are not getting paid for that. The system is set to get paid for service and move on. Your bills and voice - the fear of them listening to you - are different things altogether.
If you were getting hassled on your line, you had to call and request a tap. Then call right after the next call to get them to keep it for LE. And it had to be really bad to get to that point.
The telecos don't care about the content of your calls, they don't have the storage for it and are not getting paid for that. The system is set to get paid for service and move on. Your bills and voice - the fear of them listening to you - are different things altogether.
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Snowden is a criminal on the run, needs to be captured, and brought back to face justice. [View all]
RBInMaine
Jun 2013
OP
Snowden said he was deciding to leak before the Nov 2008 election - he wasn't at BAH back then
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#12
Please link to the court order(s) in full naming the suspects by name.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Jun 2013
#9
Sure about the tele-coms deleting the call data? Yeah, that's what they've been saying on the news.
Tx4obama
Jun 2013
#24
The billing records exist a while, but the conversations, unless they've changed since the 80's
freshwest
Jun 2013
#44
if this NSA matter is total hype and there is nothing to it that everyone didn't already know then
Douglas Carpenter
Jun 2013
#43