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Sorry, Wrong Wiretap

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the saying-oops-makes-it-ok dept.

Rick Zeman writes "CNN is covering a little-mentioned Inspector General's report which mentions that the FBI 'sometimes gets the wrong number when it intercepts conversations in terrorism investigations' due to various reasons, and that 'The FBI could not say Friday whether people are notified that their conversations were mistakenly intercepted or whether wrongly tapped telephone numbers were deleted from bureau records.'"

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  1. Oops, wrong door... by Afecks · · Score: 2, Funny

    *smash* Sorry about that...you might want to fix your door...

  2. Re:This is just one more reason... by mpontes · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hey, why does your IP resolve to a .gov hostname? *ducks*

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  3. They're just making excuses... by marsperson · · Score: 3, Funny



    For all those times they "accidentally intercept" 1-900 sex lines...

    "We had reason to believe Ossama Bin Ladin calls this number frequently."

  4. Re:This is just one more reason... by secolactico · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just want to endorse the parent. I'd like to see the FBI tap and sort my 400 kb/s bittorrent traffic that goes on 24/7. Then try and find an AIM message which looks corrupted because it's encrypted anyway.

    Good evening citizen, and thanks for granting explicit permission for us to wiretap your internet connection. Now if you'd be so kind as to provide us with your IP address, we can proceed at once.

    Yours in freedom,
    Federal Bureau of Investigation

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  5. Official Notification by craXORjack · · Score: 3, Funny

    Agent Johnson: Honey, I'm home! By the way, I'm supposed to tell you that your phone was accidently tapped during one of our terrorism investigations. It's all taken care of now though. There is absolutely no trace of your transcripts left. I took care of that myself so you don't worry about it. Oh, and that guy you were talking to about meeting at a hotel while I'm at work next Thursday... He won't be able to make it. He commited suicide.

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  6. Re:Deleted? Yeah, right. by Llywelyn · · Score: 2, Funny

    You forgot the Ark of the Covenant! I'm sure that's in an FBI warehouse too!

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  7. Oblig. bash.org quote by eyal · · Score: 5, Funny

    #88575 +(4830)- [X]

    <Stormrider> I should bomb something
    <Stormrider> ...and it's off the cuff remarks like that that are the reason I don't log chats
    <Stormrider> Just in case the FBI ever needs anything on me
    <Elzie_Ann> I'm sure they can just get it from someone who DOES log chats.
    *** FBI has joined #gamecubecafe
    <FBI> We saw it anyway.
    *** FBI has quit IRC (Quit: )

  8. Re:Not admissable by soft_guy · · Score: 2, Funny

    You sound like you have something to hide. Please report to the nearest re-education center for your own safety.

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