Yep, the white house, FBI and the "intelligence" agencies whine that wiretaps are essential to something they call "national security." Then the idiots forget to pay the phone bills and their wiretaps get disconnected.
http://www.shortnews.com/start.cfm?id=67584"01/10/2008 08:42 PM ID: 67584
FBI Wire Taps Disconnected
The FBI has had some of their wiretaps disconnected by the telephone companies for the late payment of their telephone bills. This included some Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act eavesdropping.
Inspector General Glen Fine said, "We also found that late payments have resulted in telecommunications carriers actually disconnecting phone lines established to deliver surveillance results to the FBI, resulting in lost evidence".
Of 990 surveillance bills incurred by just five of its 56 field offices, over half were not paid on time. One telephone company was owed $66,000"