So, let me see if I have this right.<p>The tax department approached telecom providers to intercept a bunch of calls with high-profile people (Radia tapes) conducting money laundering, tax evasion, buying media influence, etc. These were leaked (presumably by the telecom providers). This was so high-profile that there was a near-total media blackout about it.<p>Embarrassed, the government has created a central system for tapping phones, taking telecom providers out of the loop. Now they can tap a phone without the telecom provider knowing about it.<p>The government is making it easier to tap phones without anyone knowing: that's bad.<p>The government is ensuring that, when they do tap a phone, it isn't leaked: that's good.<p>The government is only doing this because there is so much corruption that it's embarrassing when these are leaked: that's hilarious.