Questions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage.
When we worry about who might be spying on our private lives, we usually think about the Federal agents. But the private sector outdoes the government every time. It
’s Linda Tripp, not the FBI, who is facing charges under
Maryland
’s laws against secret telephone taping. It
’s our banks, not the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), that pass our private financial data to telemarketing firms.
Consumer activists are pressing Congress for better pr ...