Think back to the late nineteen-nineties, and try to imagine the federal government trying to wiretap the Web.
The "significant misconduct" the article describes, including trying to wiretap a member of Congress, should surprise no one.
On June 17 , 1972 a group of men were caught breaking into and trying to wiretap the Democratic National Committee offices in the Watergate complex.
That way, if your conversation is being screened by one law enforcement agency, you'll receive notification if a second agency tries to wiretap you as well.
And in one previously undisclosed episode, the N.S.A. tried to wiretap a member of Congress without a warrant, an intelligence official with direct knowledge of the matter said.
Glenn Beck, on his radio show, said that if it turned out that the group was trying to wiretap the office — which federal authorities have not alleged — it was "insanely stupid".
"We know what's leaked, and we know who leaked it," Nixon's chief of staff, H. R. Haldeman, told the president on Oct. 19, 1972, four months after a team of washed-up Central Intelligence Agency personnel hired by the White House was caught trying to wiretap the Democratic Party's national offices at the Watergate complex.
China's government is being accused of trying to wiretap Apple customers in the country.
He griped about the "clowns" on his staff who undermined his cause during the scandal that cost him his office, and the "amateur Watergate bugglers -- burglars -- well, they were bunglers" who started Nixon's downfall when they were caught trying to wiretap the Democratic Party's national headquarters in the Watergate building in June 1972.
Mr. Gupta may try to keep the wiretaps out of his trial by asserting that he was not a member of any conspiracy with Mr. Rajaratnam, which would preclude application of the co-conspirator exception.
