Billy Bradford <telecom@eecs.nwu.edu> (08/07/90)
[Moderator's Note: This was forwarded to me from Telenet's Net Exchange BBS, a service for subscribers to PC Pursuit. PT] No. 297 08/06/90 23:47:30 From: Billy Bradford To: Patrick Townson Subject: Oklahoma City Phone Tap Message class: Private Message base: general This was on the ten o'clock news, channel 9 in OKC. I was furiously writing notes, it may not have all the facts... Last week sometime, phone tapping devices were found that had been installed in the Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Public Schools Administration Building. The devices allowed silent monitoring/ recording of phone calls without the people that were talking being aware. Many people have come forward about the devices, including a SWBT employee (not named). At the school board meeting today (Monday, August 6th), concerned parents asked the school board if they (the school board) had authorization to use the devices; the school's attorney was not available and the stand-in could not get that information. At the meeting, a parent demonstrated how a tape recorder or headphones could be plugged into the devices, and phone calls could be listened to. To me, the thing just looked like a standard baseboard-mounted jack, but all I saw on the news was the cover of the thing. I'll post a summary when all the facts are out in the clear. I think this is going to be a BIG one.... Billy Bradford P. O. Box 1374 Anadarko, OK 73005 (405) 247-7016 [Moderator's Note: Billy Bradford is a high school student, and in charge of the computer resources for the Anadarko Public Library. PT]