Monday, April 04, 2005

First Modern Conclave

That's funny in a way. CBS News is talking about the Conclave coming up very soon to choose a new Pope. This is the first conclave ever to occur in the cell phone - Internet era.

Granted, once the Cardinals go into seclusion they are not allowed any phones, TV or other communication with the outside world. But until then? Every Cardinal has at least one cell phone, and they all have regular access to the internet. This, of course, is besides the older forms of communication.

Wouldn't you love to get access to the listings of calls made by each Cardinal before the Conclave? I sure would.

Hmm. I wonder if the NSA would loan their list to me for a while. Carnivore is going to be at work in Rome in the next few weeks.

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