The listeners : a history of wiretapping in the United States /

Wiretapping is nearly as old as electronic communications. Telegraph operators intercepted enemy messages during the Civil War. Law enforcement agencies were listening to private telephone calls as early as 1895. Communications firms have assisted government eavesdropping programs since the early tw...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hochman, Brian, 1980- (Author)
Format: Licensed eBooks
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2022
Online Access:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv29pg4p5