Florida Official: No Complaints Over Secret Romney Taping

This story is a little over 12 hours old, so I'm posting it here rather than in LBN. Thought it would interest those people who are wondering if the person who taped the Romney fundraiser might be in legal trouble.

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2012/09/18/florida-official-no-complaints-over-secret-romney-taping/

Florida authorities aren’t investigating whether the person who taped Mitt Romney speaking at a Boca Raton fundraiser broke any laws because no victim has complained, said Paul Zacks, the chief assistant state attorney for Palm Beach County.

Florida law requires that anyone taping oral conversations get the permission of everyone involved. It’s clear that the source of the video made public this week didn’t do so.

But that doesn’t necessarily mean the recording was made illegally, Mr. Zacks said. Courts have ruled that taping without consent is legal is the people being recorded don’t have a “reasonable expectation of privacy.”

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“There’s quite an extensive legal analysis that takes place,” before deciding whether to bring charges, Mr. Zacks said. First, though, a victim needs to come forward.

“In the case where an allegation is of an illegal taping, the interest of the victim is paramount and we haven’t heard from them,” he said.

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