does channel 5 know FCC rules

[A. Joseph Ross]

On 31 Jul 2004 at 15:54, Sid Schweiger wrote:

> No.  This section of the Act has been around for at least several decades
> longer than the added-on cell-phone provision (which had to do with the
> elderly couple who eavesdropped on Newt Gingrich and his indiscretions,
> via a scanner which could tune to cellular-phone frequencies).

Actually, I believe the ECPA pre-dated the Newt Gingrich incident.  The evesdropping on 
Gingrich was a violation of both the new ECPA and the old law, which didn't stop anyone 
from listening but prohibited telling anyone what you heard.

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