The Listeners : : A History of Wiretapping in the United States /

The Listeners : : A History of Wiretapping in the United States / / Brian Hochman.

They’ve been listening for longer than you think. A new history reveals how—and why. 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. Co...

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Hochman, Brian,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
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Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Introduction: The Ballad of D. C. Williams
  • Part One: Dirty Business
  • 1. Stolen Signals and Whispering Wires
  • 2. Detective Burns Goes to Washington
  • 3. To Intercept and Divulge
  • 4. The Wiretapper’s Nest
  • Part Two: The Bug in the Martini Olive
  • 5. Eavesdroppers
  • 6. Tapping God’s Telephone
  • Part Three: The Listening Age
  • 7. Title III
  • 8. Big Brother, Where Art Thou?
  • 9. Limited Assistance Necessary
  • 10. Off the Wire
  • Epilogue: King’s Call, Hoover’s Tap
  • Notes
  • Acknowledgments
  • Index

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