our gov., politicians buy several kinds of wires - not only for the prez

[donsu]

http://www.buzzflash.com/mailbag/04/10/mai04285.html

(this letter can be found on the second page of the mailbag)

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Subject: "W" is for Wired

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...Around political events these types of systems are very, very popular as the politician can have a half dozen members of his staff feeding him data, thus creating the illusion the suit has a clue of what he speaks.

When the president visited Boston back in March 2004 he stayed at the Park Plaza Hotel. The signal from the system he was using could clearly be heard 1500+ feet away, and one of his advisors could be heard doing voice checks and then feeding him data about the school he was about to visit.

The funny thing about these kinds of system is that mischief makers can set up a transmitter thousands of feet away and feed persons bogus data, and really cause them to screw up their public appearances. Here are links to some of the more popular systems the government uses, and one which the White House has purchased over the past few years.

http://shure.com/pdf/specsheets/spec_psm/psm700.pdf

http://www.comtek.com/IFBCueing/ifbcueing.html

http://www.cryptome.org/

R. Miller

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