RayWPremium
join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
kudos:1 | said by Madness:I find it odd that a Bell System logo was posted for this story. This BS would've been unheard of back then! It was, just that some of the article was was more accepted at the time than it is now but it is easier to do today, and the media is more hair triggered to get the first word out. Also, news dissemination is much faster due to the internet, computers, and automated offices than it was in the 50's, 60's.
As far as the employee firing, depending on their level/position in the company, they could have been fired and the media would most likely never post it, if they heard about it.
Many folks forget that Bell and the US government were very cooperative with each other in the 50's and 60's. Even after the split, in the 80's, a briefcase full of blank John Doe warrants would give access to all the records, with the information filled out on the spot if the investigator found something he wanted to copy (different technology than today, they had to go to the telco office to copy it).
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