The Senate passed the Law Enforcement and Phone Privacy Protection Act. The bill would make illegal the act of pretexting, tricking phone companies into giving up private records by pretending to be a customer. The act was spurred in part by revelations in September that Hewlett-Packard investigators had used deceptive means to gain access to phone records of reporters and company board members. It now awaits President George Bush’s signature before it becomes law, which is expected to be signed by the end of the day.”]
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