The wiretapping law did not have the intent of eavesdropping on arbitrary conversations (it is orthogonal to bugging peoples homes). It also did not allow mail

The wiretapping law did not have the intent of eavesdropping on arbitrary conversations (it is orthogonal to bugging peoples homes). It also did not allow mail to be opened. The “spirit of the law” argument is bullshit here in tenuously trying to expand wiretapping to decrypting text.