re clipper considered harmful restated and amplified brad yearwood posts a long response to the issue of registering a phone clipper relationship it doesn t wash recall that law enforcement gets a court order to tap a suspect s phone calls they do what they do now figure out which lines to tap they then record the stuff if it s clipper they read the law enforcement block extract the serial number and get the keys using the court order no new difficulties such as using someone else s phone instrument or phone line are introduced that wouldn t have existed absent clipper if the crooks were going to use a pay phone say they could have done so without clipper if the government figures out they re so doing they listen in and if it s a clipper conversation they get the serial number and then the keys if the crooks use an innocent person s clipper phone on the tapped line there s no problem the feds don t care whose phone instrument is used just that the conversation is by the suspect on the tapped line they get the serial number get the keys and they are in business no clipper chip to person association is ever needed david david sternlight great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of our information errors and omissions excepted
