McGregor and Gilley claim many conversations were monitored even after agents identified them as attorney-client conversations. The government， however， claims that more than 1，000 conversations were identified as privileged conversations and that the FBI put hbingo ruleseightened protocols in place to make sure monitors acted within the rules. ... Bingo attorneys claim the government violated its own regulations concernin MONTGOMERY – A federal magistrate judge must pore through hundreds of documents and more than two days of testimony to determine whether the government overstepped its authority while listening to wiretapped conversations related to the electronic bingo public corruption case. What is at issue?Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968， more commonly known as the Wiretap Act.The Act prohibits the unauthorized， nonco ... Dothan ProgressEnterprise LedgerJackson County FloridanEufaula TribuneOpelika-Auburn NewsWRBLAlabama&39;s 13 Before the approximately 25 FBI employees and four Alabama Bureau of Investigation employees began monitoring phone calls on March 1， 2010， theybingo rulesBingo wiretap hearing concludes were given a set of instructions to determine when to listen and record conversations and when to stop recording and listening. Monitoring agents were instructed not to listen to or record conversations involving the defendants and their attorneys. Those conversations fall under the attorney-client privilege and are considered private. : Alabama， Alabama Bureau Of Investigation， Federal Bureau Of Investigation， Federal Magistrate Judge， Jarrod Massey， Judge， Keith Baker， Law_Crime， Lobbyist， Milton Mcgregor， Myron Thompson， Presiding Judge， Ronnie Gilley， Wallace Capel bingo rulesBingo wiretap hearing concludes，What is at issue? establishes procedures for obtaining warrants to authorize wiretapping by government officials， and Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968， more commonly known as the Wiretap Act. The Act prohibits the unauthorized， nonconsensual interception of wire， oral， or electronic communications by government agencies as well as private parties， regulates the disclosure and use of authorized intercepted communications by investigative and law enforcement officers. Attorneys for both sides have until noon Monday to file additional arguments with the court. Wallace Capel is expected to rule soon after. The decision can be appealed to Myron Thompson. Only three witnesses were called， with lead case agent Keith Baker on the stand for most of the hearing. McGregor， Gilley， and eight other defendants are set to stand trial this summer on a number of charges， ranging from money laundering to honest services fraud in connection with what federal prosecutors say was a grand scheme to buy off Alabama legislators in an attempt to secure the passage of electronic bingo legislation. Testimony concluded Wednesday in the three-day suppression hearing. Attorneys for Milton McGregor， Ronnie Gilley and others indicted in the public corruption case are asking a judge to throw out evidence gained from wiretaps placed on the phones of McGregor， Gilley and former Jarrod Massey. (Editor：admin) |