BOOK ACCUSES HILLARY CLINTON OF INVOLVEMENT IN PHONE TAPPING

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MICKEY KAUS - On page 93 of the new Gerth-Van Natta Hillary Clinton
book, a sentence describes how, during the '92 campaign, Hillary herself
"listened to a secretly recorded audiotape of a phone conversation of
Clinton critics plotting their next attack. The tape contained
discussions of another woman who might surface with allegations about an
affair with Bill. Bill's supporters monitored frequencies used by cell
phones, and the tape was made during one of those monitoring sessions."

http://www.slate.com/id/2167180/&#clintoncell

LAW COVERING THIS SORT OF BEHAVIOR
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_room/usam/title9/crm01052.htm


SEATTLE POST INTELLIGENCER - Rep. Jim McDermott has had the luxury of
winning big and cheaply in recent elections, facing only token
opposition. But that fortunate history could pose a problem for
McDermott if the Seattle Democrat is forced to pay more than $1 million
in legal fees and penalties to settle his long-running legal battle with
House Minority Leader John Boehner. Unlike colleagues who have been able
to tap into campaign funds for legal costs, McDermott doesn't have
enough cash in his coffers to cover his bills.

The prospect that McDermott soon will be liable for a huge payout became
a real possibility earlier this month after the U.S. Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia ruled 5-4 against him. The defeat leaves
him with one remaining legal recourse -- an appeal to the U.S. Supreme
Court. McDermott and his lawyers have until July to decide, but legal
observers say it's highly unlikely an appeal would be successful.

That would mean by midsummer, McDermott would have to ramp up a
fundraising effort that has been gathering dust for nearly a decade. He
must pay a court-ordered $60,000 fine and Boehner's legal fees, which
attorneys estimate are $880,000 and counting. . .

Boehner sued McDermott in 1998, accusing him of violating his right to
privacy for making public a telephone conversation involving Boehner,
then-House Speaker Newt Gingrich and other senior Republicans who were
discussing ethics allegations against Gingrich. The cell phone
conference call was recorded by a Florida couple, John and Alice Martin,
who stumbled onto the conversation while listening to a police scanner.
The Martins gave the tape to McDermott, who at the time was a member of
the House Ethics Committee. McDermott provided the tape to reporters for
The New York Times and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/317503_mcdermott28.html?source=mypi

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