"Warrants authorising phone taps treble"

[Roland Perry]

In article 
<2298D4476FA2F44591690E423F07C37B11F3AFC4D9@EA-EXMSG-C333.europe.corp.mic
rosoft.com>, Caspar Bowden <casparb@microsoft.com> writes
>However, it's an interesting point that an Authorisation (rather than 
>Notice) could let agencies in a position to do so, get communications 
>data by means other than ASKING a "telecommunications operator" for 
>anything *they* have retained

If you want to play with words, a notice can instruct a telecoms 
operator to disclose data that they are "capable of obtaining". No doubt 
a well resourced CSP could employ some people to burgle a a hotel suite, 
but I don't think that's the sort of scenario the Act has in mind.

 >I don't think that was ever denied ?

It was made very clear that authorisations are for getting the same data 
that a CSP would normally provide, but in those limited circumstances 
when a CSP wasn't able to do the job itself.
-- 
Roland Perry