(Philadelphia) Mayor Street's office bugged

Philadelphia Inquirer ^ | Oct. 8, 2003 | Thomas J. Gibbons Jr & others

[End Times Sentinel]

Forgot to do my Phila. Election ping list.  Sorry for any dupes with Trib's list.

 

Owl_Eagle

" WAR IS PEACE
FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
DIVERSITY IS STRENGTH"

[Dr. Scarpetta]

Within hours, the FBI said that the eavesdropping device was not related to the mayor's race, but declined to explain how it knew that so quickly.

I have a feeling that if somebody in the FBI leaks the reason for the bug to the LA Times, they wouldn't print it.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Let us not forget the Mayor's son and the firebomb threat to the man who leased space to the Katz campaign....... I have a feeling the FBI said "Oh crap" when Street's people found that bug.........lol

[OldFriend]

LOLOL.....uh oh, they referred to the Mayor's race.......UH OH...........

[WARF]

Agree. Plus all the other crocked stuff he does!!!

[WARF]

Agree. Plus all the other crocked stuff he does!!!

[Criminal Number 18F]

why is Street hiring a private security firm to conduct sweeps??

That, I can answer. Technical Security Countermeasures is a very small field requiring very deep expertise. It can be done by a very few resources in the federal government, and by a mere handful of security firms in the nation. I don't believe any state or municipal agency can do it.

These guys.

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

Well worth reading twice! lol

[Mo1]

Thanks for the info

[blackbag]

Depending on the ingenuity of the concealment, many class
II devices will not be located by these "expert" firms.

Even their signal fingerprint is more discreet and hard to
detect.


Class II devices are restricted to government usage. As a rule of thumb private firms are not suppose to aknowledge finding these types of devices. Unless of course they are found visually during an inspection.

[Ann Archy]

They sure couldn't be looking for ANY intelligence!!

[JohnnyZ]

Word on the street sic! is he alway's wanted to be like Al Sharpton when he grows up.

That is my dream as well.

[Indrid Cold]

"Pressed whether federal investigators themselves might have planted the bug, FBI spokeswoman Linda Vizi said the agency "would not confirm or deny" whether that was the case."

So, in other words, "yes".

[Temple Owl]

The discovery of the bug comes as federal authorities have been engaged in criminal investigations related to city government, including a ticket-fixing scandal and the 2001 award of a $13.6 million airport contract to a firm with ties to the mayor's brother, T. Milton Street.

Hiz Honor would be smart to talk to Jimmy Tayoun about living condidtions at The Allenwood Federal Country Club. It appears that is where he will be spending a couple of years.

[Tribune7]

Let us not forget the Mayor's son and the firebomb threat to the man who leased space to the Katz campaign....... I have a feeling the FBI said "Oh crap" when Street's people found that bug.........lol

Or it's W (or somebody) finally showing real concern about voter fraud. I hope so.

[Domestic Church]

"Class II devices are restricted to government usage. As a rule of thumb private firms are not suppose to aknowledge finding these types of devices. Unless of course they are found visually during an inspection."

So the found device might be a union plant and the real devices are still secure and transmitting Street's reaction to these hijinks.

[archy]

That, I can answer. Technical Security Countermeasures is a very small field requiring very deep expertise. It can be done by a very few resources in the federal government, and by a mere handful of security firms in the nation. I don't believe any state or municipal agency can do it.

Bernie Spindell, the wiretapping and bug security consultant for the Teamsters when Jimmy Hoffa ran that organization, was pretty well the top gun on the other side of the street, too, having caught Attorney General Robert Kennedy on bugs Bernie had planted in Marilyn's apartment.

Funny how quiet those in the business back then get when asked about the tapes from the night Monroe died. That might be something for Philly's mayor to be thinking about.

-archy-/-

[Criminal Number 18F]

Some thoughts there. When you have an indoor bug, gain is always a problem. Old buildings like most city halls were designed and built as if attenuation was part of the spec. Now.... non-federal civilians must be compliant with FCC regulations.

Feds need not, which can lead to purpose-built stuff, which can include, for instance, higher-gain directional antennae... I'm sure you're pickin' up what I'm layin' down. And people who operate outside the law (including probably 2/3 of private eyes) can also blow off the FCC. But just cause you can, doesn't mean it's a good idea. Maybe somebody was careless about his sidelobes.

Another thought: right about now, someone, somewhere, is planning the tougher job of bugging Mayor Street's office again. (They have probably already recovered devices from his home and vehicles, if he's the target).

d.o.l.

Criminal Number 18F