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Message no. 1
From: shadowrn@*********.com (Downtym)
Subject: Tapping fibre-optic lines (was Re: Viability/Use of Foreign
Date: Mon Jun 24 13:15:01 2002
On Tue, 25 Jun 2002, Danyel Woods wrote:

> A good guess, Thorger, and possibly (probably?) correct under today's
> technology, but according to the novel, incorrect by 2054; it seems to be a
> similar principle to EM induction. <digs out novel> What the hell; I'll
> quote the entire in-character conversation here (it's only a few paragraphs,
> so I presume it falls under 'fair use')....

> <snip>

According to a report that I read a year or two back during the whole
Echelon/Carnivore unveilings, the U.S. Navy supposedly put a tap on
the fiber intercontinental line that runs across the Atlantic.

[I suddenly feel like I'm in one of the sourcebooks...LET ME OUT!]

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