S03E10 · SCENE 25/39 · 32:29
Reformation · Police office
Pre-wiretap idea

Detectives brainstorm pre-wiretapping burners.

32:29→33:45
in the episode · 1m 16s · S03E10

What happens

32:29–33:45

Detectives discuss the possibility of pre-wiretapping burner phones before they are sold. They realize the wireless companies take too long to process court orders.

WherePolice office
DriverPearlman
Positionact1 · complication
ThreadPolice Wiretap Struggle

Key lines

from this scene
32:37

We were online just shy of 30 hours.

33:03

But that'll only give us what we just had, 30 hours.

33:39

l know what you're thinking. l just thought the same fucking thing.

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33:33Well, what if....

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32:29–33:45
A · Stanfield vs Barksdale War
B · Colvin's Hamsterdam Falls
D · Omar's Hunt & Politics

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