Mark Roberts wrote:
"Bob Blakely" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Yes. In most states, only one party to the conversation has to consent and
that can be you if you're a party to the conversation. California requires
all parties to consent. There is no criminal penalty, but you can be sued.
In many places, law enforcement officials use the "one party consent"
concept to record transactions between criminals and undercover agents
wearing a "wire". (Don't know if the term "wearing a wire" is for real
or just a figment of TV writers' imaginations, but it seems to have
passed into common usage.)
I think that came from the VERY early days, when the recording media WAS
actually a small spool of wire!
Tape, and subsequent miniaturization came later...
keith whaley
