Re: [TSCM-L] {1981} Spy Shop in Alabama about to be burned at the stake

From: kondrak <kon..._at_phreaker.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 14:29:37 -0400

James M. Atkinson wrote:
> http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/news/070918/bugged.shtml
>
> Eavesdropping in Lawrence County?
> Bugged about FBI probe
> Most commissioners want meeting to discuss investigation
>
> By Nancy Glasscock
>
> MOULTON -- Lawrence County Commission Chairman
> Bradley Cross refused to call an emergency
> meeting Monday, against the wishes of a majority
> of the commission, commissioners said.
>
> District 2 commissioner John Terry said the
> majority wanted to hold an emergency meeting to
> discuss an FBI investigation of the commission
> offices, after FBI agents seized an apparent bugging system late last week.
>
> "He didn't really think there was any sense in having a meeting," Terry said.
>
> Terry said Friday he was surprised by the
> discovery of the bugging system and didn't know
> why someone would want to spy on county officials.
>
> Several FBI agents interviewed County
> Administrator Linda Harville, Assistant County
> Administrator Karen Harrison, and four
> commissioners at the commission building Friday
> after seizing a clock radio bought at the Alabama
> Spy Shop from the commission office Thursday night.
>
> Spying in room?
>
> The bugged office is a private room used by all
> commissioners. FBI agents also seized the
> following items from Harrison's office Thursday
> night: seven video cassettes, a digital display
> 12-channel receiver, one power supply,
> audio-visual cables, coaxial cable and a receipt
> and purchase order from Alabama Spy Shop for the clock radio.
>
> Friday, Cross said he didn't know why the FBI was
> interviewing commissioners and that the matter
> had been "blown out of proportion."
>
> Attempts to reach Cross for comment Monday were
> unsuccessful. He was reportedly in the commission
> office briefly with the office door closed.
>
> Harrison and Harville were not in their offices
> Monday afternoon. Harville was in her office earlier in the day.
>
> District 1 Commissioner Mose Jones Jr. said he
> doesn't know why someone would bug the commission
> office "unless they're trying to bribe or set up a commissioner."
>
> "Why would they go and do such an evil, conniving act?" he asked.
>
> Jones said he told Cross the commission should
> discuss the investigation in public, but Cross
> refused to call a meeting. Jones formerly served as commission chairman.
>
> "If I had been the chairman and the majority of
> the commission wanted an emergency meeting
> called, I'd have called one because there's
> nothing to hide," he said. "That's why I want the
> meeting called, so all the commissioners can be
> in there, so we can sit down and talk about it in
> a public meeting. ... So far, (Cross) has refused
> to call an emergency meeting. I don't know why he's refused."
>
> District 5 Commissioner Alma Whitlow, who was out
> of town last week, said she was shocked to learn
> the commission office was under investigation by
> the FBI. Whitlow said she wants to hold a
> commission meeting to discuss the investigation,
> but that Cross was opposed to holding a meeting.
>
> "He didn't think we should have a meeting,"
> Whitlow said. "He said the FBI was investigating
> and we didn't need to do anything right now."
>
> Whitlow said she doesn't know why anyone would
> want to place a hidden camera in the commission office.
>
> "I'd like to know more about the situation, and I
> don't know if there is anymore at this point,"
> she said. "I feel like we probably should have a meeting at some point."
>
> According to Alabama Open Meeting laws for county
> commissions, a commission chairman is the only
> member of the commission who can waive the
> required five-day notice and call an emergency meeting.
>
> Monday, commissioners were preparing a written
> request to hold a special meeting.
>
> "There's really not a provision in the law for
> the members of the body to call an emergency
> meeting," said Sonny Brasfield, assistant
> executive director of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama.
>
> "The members can call a special meeting, but an
> emergency meeting must be called by the chairman."
>
> Cecil Caine, the county's attorney, said Monday
> afternoon that Cross probably wouldn't call an emergency meeting.
>
> "Based on my conversations with the chairman, I
> don't think he's going to," Caine said.
>
> Terry said late Monday the commission will hold a special meeting later.
>
> "We're trying to get that pulled together
> tonight," he said. "We've got the vote to have a
> meeting, now we have to wait five days."
>
> Jones said the main reason he wants to hold a
> meeting is to hear all sides of the issue.
>
> "That is the reason I want to talk to the parties
> or whoever put it in there and find out why they
> wanted to do it, and why they didn't contact me
> or any other commissioner and let us know they'd
> put something in there. That, to me, is conniving and evil."
>
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