Brian Hochman
"The eavesdropping threat loomed large during the 1950s and 1960s: in the work of state and local law enforcement agencies, who wiretapped extensively in criminal investigations; in the exploits of private investigators and eavesdropping specialists, who capitalized on technological innovations to expand their industry's reach; and, perhaps most importantly, in the contradictions of state and federal lawmakers, who sent conflicting messages about the legitimacy of eavesdropping practices that had dogged the nation's communications infrastructure for more than a century."
'Eavesdropping in the Age of The Eavesdroppers; or, The Bug in the Martini Olive', Post45
Brian will be giving a public lecture entitled The Uninvited Ear: Wiretapping, an All American Historyon Friday 27 July at 6pm at Melbourne Law School.
