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CHARLES W. DENT: “If there are two insurgents or two terrorists in Iraq talking to each other by cell phones, what appears to be a…”

On the recordFebruary 25, 2008
If there are two insurgents or two terrorists in Iraq talking to each other by cell phones, what appears to be a wireless communication, one to the other, it's likely that that call will be routed through the United States, hit a wire, and then that would pretty much trigger the Wire Act. And that's what caused the intervention of all the lawyers. So we're talking about the denial of tactical intelligence to our men and women who are on the ground, soldiers on the ground and marines on the ground not being able to pursue a hot tip or a hot bit of information because of the inadequacy of current law.
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CHARLES W. DENT
Pennsylvania

Editor's note · Context

Discussing the impact of the Wire Act on military intelligence operations in Iraq.

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