OMG! IRONY ALERT! IRONY ALERT! Bush signs bill to protect phone records...

[originalpckelly]

:rofl:

"Bush signs bill to protect phone records

WASHINGTON-President Bush on Friday signed a bill into law that would make it a crime to lie to obtain the telephone records of private citizens.

The legislation outlaws the practice of getting confidential phone records by "making false or fraudulent statements" to a phone company employee, by "obtaining false or fraudulent documents to access accounts" or by "accessing customer accounts through the Internet" without authorization.

Violators face fines and imprisonment of up to 10 years. Fines are doubled and five years may be added to the prison term if the violations involve more than $100,000 or more than 50 customers.

The issue became big news late last summer following revelations that investigators working for executives at Hewlett-Packard Co. used deception to obtain phone numbers of board members and reporters in an effort to track down news leaks."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070112/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_telephone_records_1

[williesgirl]

1. You sure got that right, but I'm glad they passed the law. recommended

[madeline_con]

2. So, up till now, I could have just called up Ma Bell......

lied to the nice person on the line, and gotten phone records? :eyes:

[Beartracks]

3. Wow! Was that a free service?

Sounds cheaper than calling Information.

[originalpckelly]

4. That's how the HP corporate spying scandal happened...

and what's worse is that they didn't just spy on HP, they spied on Apple, even going so far to bug phones.

[sakabatou]

5. WTH

[Cheap_Trick]

6. irony is too subtle a concept

for their puny little minds to grasp.