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Vinnie From Indy

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Sun Jun 23, 2013, 04:09 PM Jun 2013

NSA Wiretap Reveals Subject May Be Paying Too Much For Long-Distance [View all]

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FORT MEADE, MD—The director of the National Security Agency announced at a press conference Tuesday that the ongoing phone surveillance of Cincinnati resident Greg Wyckham has yielded "overwhelming and incontrovertible" evidence that the 37-year-old high-school teacher and married father of three is wasting money on a long-distance plan that does not suit his calling needs.

According to Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, Wyckham, who caught the attention of authorities in July 2004 when he placed a call to his first wife, has spent an average of $75 a month on long distance, "when he could have been saving as much as $30 per billing period."

Alexander cited additional examples of Wyckham's reckless long-distance use, which included a late-afternoon call to his mother in Colorado last spring and several March 2005 calls to old college friends to plan a summer mini-reunion. In January, a lengthy conversation with his cousin in California cost nearly $10.

Added Alexander: "Bear in mind that this is a man who earns only $43,220 a year. With both a Dodge minivan in desperate need of repair and an upcoming vasectomy to pay for, he should be more concerned about these expenses."

More at:http://www.theonion.com/articles/nsa-wiretap-reveals-subject-may-be-paying-too-much,1977/?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=SocialMarketing&utm_campaign=standard-post:headline:default

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Funny. nt ZombieHorde Jun 2013 #1
... idwiyo Jun 2013 #2
lol dipsydoodle Jun 2013 #3
We can hear you now. blkmusclmachine Jun 2013 #4
Hilarious !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #5
I know I sure am! nt MADem Jun 2013 #6
I thought the Onion went tits-up? 99th_Monkey Jun 2013 #7
Maybe you're referring to this? thesquanderer Jun 2013 #12
I bet the people who collect the data have a field day with these kinds JDPriestly Jun 2013 #8
SNORT. Historic NY Jun 2013 #9
perfect. n/t Soylent Brice Jun 2013 #10
K&R! and...LAUGH! n/t KoKo Jun 2013 #11
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