专八阅读 ：FBI拖欠电话费，窃听电路被切

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A telephone company cut off an FBI international wiretap after the agency failed to pay its bill on time， according to a US government audit released on Thursday.
, F& s2 b! Z& P0 X0 cThe Justice Department‘s inspector general faulted the FBI for poor handling of money used in undercover investigations， which it said made the agency vulnerable to theft and mishandled invoices.
It cited the case in which a wiretap under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act， which governs electronic spying in terrorism and intelligence cases， was disrupted due to an overdue bill.
0 r1 z/ I, B% S6 _2 l1 \5 n"Late payments have resulted in telecommunications carriers actually disconnecting phone lines established to deliver surveillance results to the FBI， resulting in lost evidence，" the audit said.
) {$ R& T: s4 g# ]FBI spokesman Richard Kolko said "no investigations were adversely affected."
The audit cited a 2006 case in which an FBI employee pleaded guilty to stealing more than $25，000 in confidential case funds intended for undercover telecoms services.