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In testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee last month, Senate Sergeant at Arms Karen Gibson said satellite communication is being deployed "to ensure a redundant and secure means of communication during a disruptive event."
Gibson said the phones are a security backstop in the case of an emergency that "takes out communications" in part of America. Federal funding will pay for the satellite airtime needed to utilize the phone devices.
A Department of Homeland Security advisory said satellite phones are a tool for responding to and coordinating government services in the case of a "man-made" or natural disaster that wipes out communication
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Vasa Croe
If the seals were intact, and matched what was on the paperwork then it’s even more likely that it leaked out somewhere. You can’t drain a car like that without breaking the seal.
The rail execs are saying it likely just leaked out along the travel path, but all seals were intact when it left and when it arrived....hmm...
originally posted by: hangedman13
I wonder if it's a means to limit or expand the ability to listen in. Not like the have a satellite phone plan through a major carrier Meaning the records cannot be subpoenaed by alphabet agencies from the carriers. On the other hand I imagine there are methods to listen in on calls made by those phones, just a way to keep the public unable to see what they are doing on those phones.
Senators issued satellite phones, offered demonstrations on upgraded security devices
originally posted by: Zaphod58
a reply to: Vasa Croe
If the seals were intact, and matched what was on the paperwork then it’s even more likely that it leaked out somewhere. You can’t drain a car like that without breaking the seal.