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FBI: Advanced Communications Technologies Pose Wiretapping Challenges

IMTEC-92-68BR Published: Jul 17, 1992. Publicly Released: Jul 17, 1992.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO evaluated the: (1) technological alternatives available to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to wiretap voice and data communications; (2) telecommunications network changes needed to accommodate the least detectable wiretaps; and (3) estimated cost of developing and implementing such changes.

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