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[ PRIVACY Forum ] McConnell campaign alleges it was bugged,
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Tue Apr 9 12:21:42 2013
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McConnell campaign alleges it was bugged, seeks FBI investigation
http://j.mp/ZkxANx (NBC)
"Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell's re-election campaign has asked
federal authorities to help it identify the source of a recording of
private strategy sessions earlier this year. McConnell campaign
manager Jesse Benton said Tuesday that the campaign is working with
the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Attorney's office in
Louisville to uncover who recorded a Feb. 2 meeting in Kentucky -
attended by McConnell himself -- which was published earlier today by
the liberal magazine Mother Jones."
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OK, here's the deal. If the recording was made by a third party
without permission (or made legally as part of a law enforcement
investigation and then leaked) the recording would likely be illegal
as released. However, if the recording was made by a person
legitimately in attendance at the meetings and then released, no
privacy laws would likely be broken per se, since Kentucky, where the
meetings took place, is a so-called one-party state where only the
person making the recording need be aware of it. This is in contrast
to two-party (or really, multiple party) states like California, where
normally all parties need to be aware that a recording is being made.
"Streisand Effect "also applies in the case of the demands for an FBI
investigation.
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