That is correct. Also unexplained is how their scanner managed to catch both sides of the conversation. They're on different frequencies.
It is interesting how the intervening seven years have done so little to obscure the fantastic level of corruption that was the Clinton administration. Hill's campaign has a good deal of work to do in this area. This particular incident hits most of the high points - McDermott, in a position of trust as co-chair of the House Ethics Committee, was involved in an active and approved character assassination campaign against Newt Gingrich - approved, that is, by the Clinton White House. The Democrats sent out wiretappers to spy on Gingrich's communications. The Martins were openly Democratic operatives. The law under which this activity is illegal makes it a felony and McDermott actually voted in favor of it, knowing full well that laws didn't apply to Democrats as long as the Reno "Justice" Department had their backs.
And so it did. The "investigation" into the matter was completely stonewalled by McDermott's staff and Reno's chumps just threw their hands up and said "nothing to see here."
Let's put a perspective on this - what Gingrich was doing was against absolutely no law; what McDermott orchestrated was a felony.
But the smear worked, the crime accomplished its object and went unpunished. The media, who were complicit in the anti-Gingrich campaign, tactfully turned their eyes away from a crime as blatant and with even more connections throughout the sitting administration as Watergate was.
In fact, the actual events bore a striking resemblence to those of Watergate with the exception only of the identity of the victims. In terms of pure media bias this incident constitutes one of the mose shameful abdications of responsibility in memory.
This is what we will have to look forward to under a third Clinton administration and there will be absolutely no one to protect the public from this sort of predation. Those who attempt it will be shouted down or shut down. This isn't a prediction, it's a recitation of history.
With the proper data files, I could pump out a book on this incident in three months or less, and it could get published within a year to open a few eyes regarding the corrupt clintons and their DNC sycophantic media goons. Trouble is, no one wants to go up aganist the arkanciders ... except I’m old enough and retired from public enough to enjoy their demise through mere telling of the truth about the bastards! Sadly, I don’t have the data files to use for a book on this sorry episode in American History of political corruption ... and I would love to write it if for no other reason than to expose the lies propagated by media about Newt.