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PODCAST: Phoneless phone tapping

David Brancaccio Nov 14, 2014
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Mid-day Update

PODCAST: Phoneless phone tapping

David Brancaccio Nov 14, 2014
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Federal agents reportedly have the technology to spy on mobile phones without ever involving phone companies.  This revelation from the Wall Street Journal today involves the US Marshall’s service using light airplanes with devices that trick cells phones into linking with the plane instead of the phone company’s cell phone towers. We talked with  Devlin Barrett, the Wall Street Journal reporter with the scoop this morning.  Plus: Volkswagen is laying out a plan to recognize the United Auto Workers Union at its only U.S. plant–the one in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It’s not quite what the union was hoping for. WPLN’s Blake Farmer reports. Finally: Augusta National sees itself as a very exclusive golf club, indeed. Two years ago, it refused admission to no less than Chief Executive Officer of International Business Machines. Ginni Rometty is female and until recently, Augusta National didn’t admit women. Now there is a report the IBM CEO has been let in.

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