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1 sound file : digital |
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audio file rda |
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eAudiobook tlcgt |
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General tlctarget |
| Note |
Electronic audio file. |
| Contents |
Introduction: The ballad of D. C. Williams -- Part One. Dirty business: Stolen signals and whispering wires -- Detective Burns goes to Washington -- To intercept and divulge -- The wiretapper's nest -- Part Two. The bug in the martini olive: Eavesdroppers -- Tapping God's telephone -- Part Three. The listening age: Title III -- Big brother, where art thou? -- Limited assistance necessary -- Off the wire -- Epilogue: King's call, Hoover's tap. |
| Performer |
Read by Phil Thron. |
| Summary |
"Electronic surveillance was once a specialized intelligence-gathering tool that provoked fascination and protest. Now it is a mundane fact of our consumer world. How did we get here? The Listeners traces the spies and scandal mongers, police and presidents, businessmen and filmmakers who made wiretapping a defining technology of American history"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Old Saybrook Tantor Media, Inc. 2022 Available via World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Wiretapping -- United States -- History.
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Electronic surveillance -- United States -- History.
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| Genre |
Electronic audio books.
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| Added Author |
OverDrive, Inc., distributor.
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| ISBN |
9798765041673 (electronic audio bk.) |
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