[cynwoody]

He couldn’t possibly wiretap everyone. So he might have had the authority to wire tap “anyone” that met certain parameters.

He was a sysadmin. They operate at a level below the audit trails and checks. Who knows what he could access!

Of course, he wasn't the only sysadmin, so he would have needed to be discreet.

[Gene Eric]

I don't mean to be disrespectful, but it is fantasy to think one guy, even with "root" access, could possibly wiretap "everyone". But that's not my concern. My point was made in the second sentence of my post:

So he might have had the authority to wire tap “anyone” that met certain parameters.

[Monty22002]

Has to be hundreds and hundreds of contractors with his level of security on and off.

Just saying that’s how it is.