Wiretapping: a secret history
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The Bug in the Martini Glass
In february of 19 65, a notorious private investigator named harold lipsett was called to the floor of congress to testify about the rise of wire tapping and electronic eavesdropping equipment. Lipset had actually recorded his conversation from a bug planted in a flower pot in the room,. The martini olive bug itself would never have worked if you had actually poured gin um and made yourself an actual martini, it would have shorted it out.
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