Phone Tapping WITHIN The Government??

Four mid-20's men were arrested on Monday January 25th for attempting to tap into Senator Mary Landrieu's telephone line. Luckily (at least for Landrieu), US Marhsals captured the 4 individuals before they could do any harm. The 4 individuals who will not be named in this commentary (but can be found at the embedded link in title if you're really that interested), were released on a $10,000 bail.

Apparently the 4 individuals had posed as constructions workers there to test out the telephone equipment and claimed that, after calling their cell phones from the landlines within the office, the landlines were faulty and asked for access to the mainframe. The 4 were able to capture video while inside Landrieu's office that were used to embarass but won praises from others. Many criticized their actions while "conservatives praised him as catching many news organizations asleep on a major story."

Although this is attempt to possibly spy on the government at what levels we won't know yet, it brings up many worries about where technology is going these days as well as people's intentions. It started out with the Bush administration trying to eavesdrop on suspecting individuals who mentioned words within their conversations that triggered a tripwire for their phone call to be monitored by authorities. Now it's outsiders trying to eavesdrop on the government. Where technology and people's minds will take us next, who knows....