Court says Dem violated wiretap law

NY Times:

A congressman who passed along to reporters a tape of an illegally intercepted telephone call violated a federal law prohibiting wiretapping, a federal judge in Washington ruled on Friday. Legal experts said the logic of the decision could apply to information received by journalists as well and so affect routine news reporting.

The case was brought by Representative John A. Boehner, Republican of Ohio, against Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington. It arose from a conference call in 1996 in which Newt Gingrich, who was speaker of the House, discussed how to deal with a finding against him by a House ethics subcommittee. Mr. Boehner participated by cellphone.
Boehner is seeking punitive damages and attorneys fees. McDermott is the guy who believed Saddam was telling the truth.

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