[not-an-ostrich]

One of the threads (and I've been on so many I don't remember which one) was a news story CIA had somehow accessed fiber optics in Baghdad. Listening to communications and knew where Saddam would be Wednesday night. Is it possible? Like with telephone wires?

[oceanview]

it is possible if you have access to the communications office where the fiber equipment is located. you cannot tap the physical fiber, but if you have access to the terminal equipment, you can do it. if Delta did this, they must have had some civilian telecommunications engineer with them.

[rintense]

Here's what I know about fiber optics. If you lay fiber optics next to electrical cabling, it is entirely possible to 'tap' into the fiber optic lines. This is why the US government has stringent standards for office furntiure to separate cables in panel systems.