Tuesday, March 03, 2009

uSE ain't heard all of the Brenda story yet

A wiretap is different than a confidential informant or undercover officer recording phone calls they make. A wiretap is electronic eavesdropping on phone conversations in which neither end of the conversation knows a third party is listening.

Tennessee law restricts wiretaps to investigations involving homicides or drug-related crimes.

“The (Tennessee) General Assembly felt that wiretaps should only be used in extraordinary cases and that it’s important for the judge who approved the wiretap to be able to supervise the implementation of it,”