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   From: OPRBMDQMZNLV@spammotel.com   
      
   On Fri, 12 May 2006 00:22:04 +0100  'banana'   
   posted this onto uk.politics.misc:   
      
   >NSA intercepts almost all telephone calls in the US and many in much of   
   >the rest of the world. That's one of the things it's for.   
   >   
   >But in the current story about US State surveillance of phone calls,   
   >watch for references to the Israeli company Amdocs, the world's leading   
   >'provider' of telephone billing software.   
      
   Amazing. As soon as I read this article elsewhere, I immediately   
   thought of that Israeli company which handles all the billing but   
   couldn't think of the name: it's Amdocs...   
      
   >Amdocs processes 'billing data' for almost every phone call made in the   
   >US. They are also a leading player in voicemail technology - a   
   >technology that was developed in Israel. As was the cell phone.   
   >   
   >The position is way beyond the presence of a 'back door' in the   
   >software.   
   >   
   >But even so...remember 'Promis'?   
      
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   or a Liberal Democrat, but you can't be a New Labour democrat because   
   that is a contradiction in terms."  ...Henry Porter   
   http://observer.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1769398,00.html   
      
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