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...what about the Martins? The Gingrich case illustrates how difficult privacy laws are to enforce in the wireless era. The 1986 Electronic Communications Privacy Act made it illegal to divulge intentionally the contents of cell-phone calls, and a 1993 statute outlawed the sale and manufacture of scanners capable of receiving cell-phone signals. But the scanners sold today are easily modified into full-frequency devices. In a press conference last week, the Martins portrayed themselves as hobbyists who accidentally heard the Gingrich call on an ordinary Radio Shack scanner, taped it out of excitement at witnessing history and gave...
...outraged Republicans and a defensive scanner community quickly pointed out, the Martins' story--now the subject of an FBI probe--has a few problems. Only a deliberately modified scanner is likely to have picked up the Gingrich call and held it long enough to produce such a lengthy recording. And only a couple painfully aware of their action's consequences would have passed the tape on to House ethics committee member Jim McDermott accompanied by a letter asking for immunity from prosecution...
...Newt Gingrich by his own admission violated the ethics of the U.S. House of Representatives and filed false statements [NATION, Dec. 30-Jan. 6]. But who would ever disqualify someone with these flaws from being the Speaker? LARRY HEALD Mississauga, Ontario...
...controversy over the Gingrich tapes has served as a reminder that the law is being broken when we listen to cellular telephone conversations we aren't supposed to hear. So, those of us who have been trapped near a cell-phone shouter want to know: Why isn't the law being broken when we're forced to hear cellular telephone conversations we don't want to listen...
...Excuse me, do you happen to be talking to Newt Gingrich...