I really think we'll find out Baker has some alterior motive in this whole thing. We can't find his fingerprints or involvement in other Durham criminal cases. One just mentioned yesterday in the media was the cross burnings, strangely, that investigation is being run by the Police Chief.
The Police Chief is noticeably absent in this case and Baker is hip-deep in it.
I saw the characterizations in Baker's Media interviews: Words like Eavesdropping were used. Another time a reference was made to the low rank of the officer on the phone. It was apparent what he was trying to do.
You are working on something in an office and someone that is in the same job position as you (does your same function)
is not available and a Superior or Customer asks you something regarding that other account that the other individual handles, if you pass on what you heard about it and say, I can't be sure, but I heard something about Thursday afternoon for the presentation; you'll have to check with him.
How many of us have done that? Is that eavesdropping? Eavesdropping is how it was purposefully portrayed, but that is not what is was. Eavesdropping has connotations of not being your business or someone doing it for their own benefit. The individual was a policemen and policemen constantly communicate informally. The work 24 hours shifts for God sakes.
I see a lot of spin coming out of that Durham PD, why though?
Why? Because they knew the case was a sham and figured it would fizzle out. They didn't count on Nifong siezing on it to resuscitate it into a political hammer through which he could win the election. Now the cops are in a position of trying to make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.