thomas%mvac23.uucp@udel.edu (Thomas Lapp) (08/13/90)
In a photograph which ran in my local newspaper (source: AP
wirephoto), it showed President Bush talking to a military leader from
his golf cart. The phone appeared to be a plain old cellular
telephone, although there was a smaller box attached to the main
transceiver unit.
From the photo, I couldn't tell if the box was an outboard battery
pack, or something else. I'm wondering if the administration could be
niave enough to think that they could talk about national security
issues over a cellular phone and not expect to have their signals
received somewhere nearby. Can I rest knowing that his cellular phone
call was scrambled? Or should I continue to fear that this is a
security breach? After all, although the ECPA says I can't legally
listen to it, and I certainly can't repeat it, if I am with an
intellegence agency, I'm guessing that isn't really going to stop me
from trying.
Comments?
tom
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