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"Mark" wrote in message ... On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 22:55:58 -0400, "Kilcummin" wrote: It is not unlawful to listen to law enforcement transmissions in the US. What is unlawful is to tell another person what you heard. Nooo. That is a very incorrect blanket statement to make. OK, I think what Mark meant is that it is OK to intercept and listen to a "broadcast" made by anyone in the USA. You cannot reveal the information to others. Nothing can stop someone from intercepting a broadcast that is free for any randomly placed antenna to pick up. (Even scrambling and encryption cannot stop the interception. Decrypting the signal is another thing altogether.) Point to point /beamed RF would be something that you are not to intercept. In a point to point situation one would have to purposely place an antenna in the "beam" to pick up the RF. (Not fully, but for intents and purpose.) That could be considered tapping a line. There are definite laws against that. |
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