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To: Vigilant1
If there's any case law in Maryland about recording YOUR OWN phone calls, please let us know. You did claim you there was ... at least that you had seen "many cases" reported. Even just the news articles that so state ... many cases of wiretap violations prosecuted .. some cite to back up what you claimed. Anything! Please?
193 posted on 10/28/2002 12:01:11 PM PST by bvw
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To: bvw
bvw:
"If there's any case law in Maryland about recording YOUR OWN phone calls, please let us know. You did claim you there was ..."

No, I did NOT make that claim. I said....

OS, in post # 161:
"If the conversations you record in your office are done without the prior knowlege and consent of everyone involved, including those on the other end of the phone line; and your office is in Maryland; then you have just admitted commiting a felony...."

I would also point out that on the page you referenced, the author, a Mr. Kevin Wood, has no title; thus he isn't a lawyer, judge or law professor. His opinion is no more authoritative than yours or mine. Here is a far more reliable source:

NOTE: The following link is to a .pdf document, and requires Adobe Acrobat Reader to view.

Opinions of the Attorney General, Opinion No. 00-020 (August 11, 2000) (scroll to bottom of page)

The Wiretap Act defines "intercept" to mean "the aural or other acquisition of the contents of any wire, electronic, or oral communication through the use of any electronic, mechanical, or other device." CJ §10-401(3).9 The federal statute contains an identical definition. 18 U.S.C. §2510(4).

Interestingly, that was written two years ago by someone we're all very familiar with now - Chief Charles Moose, Phd. And as for the rest of your post....

OS, from post # 191:
"You say I must provide years-old news articles to back up a passing comment. Sorry, I'm not your research assistant. You are focused in on irrelevant peripheral issues (the Linda Tripp case), taking the thread away from the real issue at hand. That is the fedgovthugs harrassing and intimidating law-abiding gun owners.... remember ??? .... Sorry, you're just wasting our time here. I'm not playing your game."

I'm done with this irrelevant topic, and with you.

194 posted on 10/28/2002 9:03:30 PM PST by Vigilant1
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