Word: wiretapping
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...think it is fair to say. For example, in one of the early opinions I wrote, the question was whether or not wiretaps could be conducted without a warrant at the request of the President. I wrote the opinion that held it was appropriate to require a warrant. But when I was practicing law, I made a speech indicating that the President ought to have the right to wiretap without a warrant. When you put on the black robe, the experience is sobering. It makes you more thoughtful...
Nine weeks into the course, trainees practice arresting an armed felon. They then investigate an assault on a judge and conduct a court-authorized wiretap. Their final lessons are held in a mock courtroom, where they face actors who pose as a tough team of defense lawyers. "We really let the sharks go after them there," says Pledger. "Having to eat your paperwork and watch the criminals go free teaches you to do everything by the book...
Sterling's book is not as sprightly as Nicholas Pileggi's Wiseguy, but it is thoroughly researched, with details of drugs shipped in wigs, cows' bellies, and women's girdles. Sterling studied wiretap and court transcripts, then interviewed cops, judges, prosecutors and even Mafiosi. Her book shows how the failure of U.S. and Italian authorities to compare notes and settle turf disputes allowed the Sicilians to win the heroin war. While Washington focuses on the Medellin cocaine cartel, the Sicilians merrily push heroin Stateside and are opening up new cocaine channels to Europe -- both East and West. Their newest target...
Halpern said the wire has been turned over to the FBI, which has been investigating the wiretap on Tribe's phone...
Halpern said that, should the FBI's probe reveal evidence of a wiretap, it would probably have been placed by those who installed the tap found on Tribe's phone...