not a victim to the phone tapping and never heard of cricket wireless. i agree with dusto they would need a warrant. but in law all it takes is a good suspicion and that warrant is there. in all honesty we know they can do as they please and even if its a horrible thing they really wont get in trouble. and my understanding with cell phones is, it is much easier for police to get a warrant for cell phone records. than it ever will be to put a tap on ur home phone. with our constitutional rights our home is the hardest thing to invade ur phone being part of ur home! these cell phones r trouble pure trouble. i remember when nobody had cell phones and everything went smooth. one guy ran my city for like 10 years with no worries. had 4 or 5 pagers and thats all u needed. no way to track which phone ur using or hard to follow u cause they cant pick up ur location. and since these cells ive seen more people go down in the last 5 years than i will prob ever see in the rest of my life. so BE CAREFUL! oh and also not sure of this but ive heard that nextel is funded by the federal government. it was originally a tool used by them to communicate on a closed channel. but then they realized wow we could bust everybody if we let them use these because they could tap their own radio frequency without a warrant!!!!!! so be safe and smart!!!!