Sloppiness comes with being in office too long... if these were sensitive conversations, they should have been held in a private place, not near an open door in a public building... as it is, the subject of the conversation getting so much buzz will not be in next year's race... why keep handing ammo to the oppo?
bttt
Both this and the Romney audiotape (47%) were done without consent of at least one participant in the “conversation.” Under Kentucky law, this recording - which was admittedly done from outside the room where the door was closed - should be prosecuted as the felony that it was. Hopefully they will prosecute, and not do like Romney and let it drop.
The D’s are going to argue that “it was audible from the hallway” and thus not protectable. Sorry - anything can be audible from outside the room if you use the right equipment. I don’t think they were sloppy - they closed the door - are they expected to post an armed guard outside?