keithw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Mark Roberts wrote: >> "Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>Yes. In most states, only one party to the conversation has to consent and >>>that can be you if you're a party to the conversation. California requires >>>all parties to consent. There is no criminal penalty, but you can be sued. > >> In many places, law enforcement officials use the "one party consent" >> concept to record transactions between criminals and undercover agents >> wearing a "wire". (Don't know if the term "wearing a wire" is for real >> or just a figment of TV writers' imaginations, but it seems to have >> passed into common usage.) > >I think that came from the VERY early days, when the recording media WAS >actually a small spool of wire! > >Tape, and subsequent miniaturization came later...
Well I think now they just wear a radio transmitter, so the miniaturization of the tape recorder is a moot point ;-) -- Mark Roberts Photography and writing www.robertstech.com
