The listeners history of wiretapping in the United States. And professor hochman. Its a history goes back probably a lot further than most people would think. You began the book with the story of dc williams. Whos he . So williams was a stockbroker in the state of california who concocted somewhat elaborate scheme to. Listen to Corporate Communications and, make insider trades based on the intelligence that hed gathered. He turns out to be the First American ever for tapping a wire. And this was in the year 1864. And he was imprisoned or convicted a statute written in the state of california, 1862, which means that the practice of wiretap being and laws against it, prohibitions against it, date back all the way to the age of the telegraph. The age of the civil war. When i discovered this. Eight years ago, i was stunned. I didnt know wiretapping went back that far and the book that ive written traces that history all the way back to the age of the telegraph up until our own digital age
Virtual. We powered a new reality. In Mediacom Mediacom with these Television Companies the cspan 2 as a public service. Georgetown University Professor Brian Hochman joins us now for a conversation about his book, the listeners a history of wiretapping in the United States. Professor hochman, its a history that goes back further than a lot of people would think. You begin the book with the story of d. C. Williams. Who is he . Williams was a stockbroker in the state of california who concocted a somewhat elaborate scheme to listen to Corporate Communications and make insider trades, essentially, based on the information he gathered. He turns out to be the First American ever jailed for tapping a wire, in 1864. He was imprisoned or convicted under a statute written in the state of california in 1862. Which means that the practice of wiretapping and laws against it, prohibitions against, it date back all the way to the age of the telegraph. Each of the civil war. When i discovered this s
So williams was a stockbroker in the state of california who concocted somewhat elaborate scheme to. Listen to Corporate Communications and, make insider trades based on the intelligence that hed gathered. He turns out to be the First American ever for tapping a wire. And this was in the year 1864. And he was imprisoned or convicted a statute written in the state of california, 1862, which means that the practice of wiretap being and laws against it, prohibitions against it, date back all the way to the age of the telegraph. The age of the civil war. When i discovered this. Eight years ago, i was stunned. I didnt know wiretapping went back that far and the book that ive written traces that history all the way back to the age of the telegraph up until our own digital age today, dc williams was literally tapping a telegraph wire. What does the term wire tapping as we use it today . What does it mean in Todays Society . So americans tend to use the term wiretapping somewhat promiscuously.
So williams was a stockbroker in the state of california who concocted somewhat elaborate scheme to. Listen to Corporate Communications and, make insider trades based on the intelligence that hed gathered. He turns out to be the First American ever for tapping a wire. And this was in the year 1864. And he was imprisoned or convicted a statute written in the state of california, 1862, which means that the practice of wiretap being and laws against it, prohibitions against it, date back all the way to the age of the telegraph. The age of the civil war. When i discovered this. Eight years ago, i was stunned. I didnt know wiretapping went back that far and the book that ive written traces that history all the way back to the age of the telegraph up until our own digital age today, dc williams was literally tapping a telegraph wire. What does the term wire tapping as we use it today . What does it mean in Todays Society . So americans tend to use the term wiretapping somewhat promiscuously.
Content. Next a Panel Discussion about robert edsels the Monuments Men about recovering and protecting european cultural artifacts that the nazis stole during world war ii. This is about an hour and 30 minutes. [applause] [inaudible conversations] there we go. Okay. Roberts second book is entitled the Monuments Men allied heroes, nazi thieves, and the greatest Treasure Hunt in history. This panel tonight will discuss those allied heroes the monuments named, the nazi thievebut not thethieves and tht Treasure Hunt in history. With the ambassadors staff on the panel on the legal also touch on some of the more contemporary efforts by the United States government to address the loss and return of what in the late 19 90s we began calling the holocaust era assets. In a way whats been done since the 1990s is following in the steps of the monuments named. Using the records they created as the guide past and using them to help turn history into the justice and expression that i stole from the am