From: "Robert G Lewis" 

They hired a firm to do the calls and the phone company can be quite good
at tracing large numbers of calls . Actually they got Verizon
involved very quickly on the day of the attacks from the little I know.


"Gary Britt"  wrote in message
news:43cb009b$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Another sad case of failing to check with your lawyer before moving
> forward.
>
> How did they figure out who did it?
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
> news:43caea37{at}w3.nls.net...
>> Actually they used auto dialers to tie the lines up Hundreds if not
>> thousands of hang up calls. No person on the other end. From what little
>> I've read the lines were for a Get out the vote deal - Call and get a
>> ride
>> to the polls, only in this case call and get a busy signal. Not what I
> would
>> consider a First Amendment issue .
>>
>>
>>
>> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
>> news:43cae8de{at}w3.nls.net...
>> > Yes there is a really broad prohibition about that.  I wonder if they
>> > called
>> > and began to express opposition to that particular candidates positions
> if
>> > that wouldn't be protected 1st Amendment speech.  Seems like it should
> be.
>> >
>> > Gary
>> >
>> > "Robert G Lewis" 
wrote in message
>> > news:43cab6af$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> Seems to be related to Federal Laws on Harassment and
annoying phone
>> > calls.
>> >>
>> >> As a lawyer and accountant who I assume have or have had
in the past
>> > private
>> >> clients how much business could you conduct if some one
was jamming /
>> > tying
>> >> up your phone lines with constant hang up calls ?
>> >>
>> >> Bob Lewis
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> "Gary Britt"  wrote
in message
>> >> news:43caaea2$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> >> > Just curious how is tying up a phone bank illegal?
>> >> >
>> >> > Remember when the dems tried doing a Hollywood
telethon begging for
>> > money?
>> >> > Back in the 80's or early 90's??  I was calling in
as a welfare
>> > recipient
>> >> > who wanted to donate and pay my donation with food
stamps.  I then
>> > became
>> >> > indignant when they said they couldn't take food stamps.  I
>> >> > explained
>> >> > to
>> >> > them in detail how I used food stamps to pay for all
my booze and
>> > illegal
>> >> > drugs.  I also called in as the stuttering Mel
Tillis.  I'd stutter
> my
>> > way
>> >> > painstakingly through the entire question and answer period,
> stuttering
>> >> > slowly through various questions, fake name, fake
address, etc.  One
>> > idiot
>> >> > even got excited when I stuttered my name MMMeeellll
>> >> > Ttttiiiiilllliiiiissss,
>> >> > saying "Not THE Mel Tillis".  LOL.  One
character I played was
>> >> > "Bruce
>> >> > Candyman" who lived on "Fairy Lane". 
One slightly brighter than
>> >> > average
>> >> > democrap info collector did what others failed to
do, he got briefly
>> >> > suspicious at a person named Bruce Candyman who
lived on Fairy Lane.
>> >> > He
>> >> > questioned me. Are you sure this is real? Where do
you live?  I
>> > responded,
>> >> > San Francisco, and he immediately said oh OK and
finished taking my
>> >> > info
>> >> > without any remaining concern or questions.
>> >> >
>> >> > My wife and I had such big fun that day, it was priceless.
>> >> >
>> >> > Gary
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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