Secret homeland security hotline gets telemarketing calls

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Secret homeland security hotline gets telemarketing calls

WASHINGTON - For a governor with a secret hot line to the Department of Homeland Security, the only thing worse than hearing that phone ring, is answering the call and hearing:

"Hello! Are you satisfied with your long-distance service provider?"

"Every time that phone rings, it's telemarketers," grumped Delaware Gov. Ruth Ann Minner, whose secret homeland defense hot line sits in her office, ringing occasionally with offers of time-share condominiums and great deals on long distance. advertisement

"I wonder about the security of that line," said Minner, noting that other governors have reported similarly unwelcome intrusions on the high-tech video phones that are supposed to ring only in the event of a national catastrophe.

Minner, who sits on a homeland security advisory panel of the National Governors Association, mentioned the annoying phone calls while visiting Washington on Thursday.