CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Introduction: The Ballad of D. C. Williams 1
4. Part One: Dirty Business
5. 1. Stolen Signals and Whispering Wires 29
6. 2. Detective Burns Goes to Washington 54
7. 3. To Intercept and Divulge 76
8. 4. The Wiretapper’s Nest 98
9. Part Two: The Bug in the Martini Olive
10. 5. Eavesdroppers 119
11. 6. Tapping God’s Telephone 139
12. Part Three: The Listening Age
13. 7. Title III 173
14. 8. Big Brother, Where Art Thou? 201
15. 9. Limited Assistance Necessary 220
16. 10. Off the Wire 241
17. Epilogue: King’s Call, Hoover’s Tap 275
18. Notes 285
19. Acknowledgments 339
20. Index 343