wire tappingAnd the guy who recorded the conversation didn't get charged and arrested for
"wiretapping"?
"But wait a second: Don't you need a wire to get charged with wiretapping? I thought so too, and the theory here is that since Truong didn't have
explicit permission to record the conversation (memories of Linda Tripp), he was slapped with the additional charges. In 12 states (California,
Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, and Washington) you're required to
get the permission of all parties on the line before making any kind of recording. In the rest of the country, any single member that's part of the
conversation can legally record it without consent from the other parties. And as Network World notes, wiretapping laws largely extend to in-person
communications now, so no wire is required. "