FBI wiretaps cut for unpaid bills


	FBI wiretaps cut for unpaid bills

tabsey

1-11-2008 1:20 AM

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tabsey says:

If it isn't going to effect operations, why was it needed in the first place?
I wonder how many workers used the tapping for personal investigations.

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1-11-2008 9:36 AM

sahara

Great clip!!

1-11-2008 10:14 PM

kkcapricorn

This cracks me up. They don't pay their bills & service is shut off -- wow -- just like us "real" people

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				<DIV class="cap">In one office, the unpaid costs for wire taps came to $66,000</DIV>
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<FONT size="2">The Department of Justice said some of the agency's surveillance operations had been jeopardised by late payments and an "antiquated" accounting system.
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