Wiretapping: a secret history
Brian Hochman reveals how wiretapping has been part of American life for centuries, used by criminals and law enforcement alike
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Show Notes
Wiretapping has a chequered past in the United States, from civil war soldiers who were seen as heroes for tapping enemy wires to the political scandals that rocked the 20th-century establishment. Brian Hochman, the author of The Listeners: A History of Wiretapping in the United States tells Rhiannon Davies about the history of electronic eavesdropping.
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