SH> in the normal course of his employment and in discharge of his monitoring
SH> responsibilities exercised by the Commision in the enforcement of
BJ> 
BJ> That doesn't cover much, really.  While it DOES allow an FCC employee to 
BJ> monitor almost anything, it MUST be within the 'normal course of their 
BJ> employement'.  Thus, a secretary could NOT use that to excuse monitoring 
BJ> cellphones.
Well of course, I was not implying tha a  "janitor" who works for the
FCC could put down his mop and start listening in on conversations. :)
And like I said, I was not trying to imply paranoia. I was just stating
that the FCC does have legitimate courses of duty which do include routine
monitoring for legit purposes.. so if they intercept anythin then, its
fair game to hand over to the authorities.
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