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		huhtenberg on Oct 18, 2008 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: How the British used a laundromat in Northern Irel... They didn't need to listen to all transmissions. They knew which cars they wanted to listen to. Their problem was how to bug them, because presumably cars were bought through a 3rd party and with immediate, on a spot delivery.

helveticaman on Oct 18, 2008 [–]

They might have been able to bug all the cars that went through their dock, and then recover bugs that went into cars that weren't important.

mleonhard on Oct 19, 2008 | [–]

Or just leave them in all the cars until one of those filthy proles... err citizens commits a crime.

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