The question is, is the FBI an "equal opportunity wire tapper"?  Do they tap all sorts of government people because of corruption?  Certainly corruption isn't party affiliated. Both parties have their share of bribes, cheaters and unsavory characters.

IMO, the goverment didn't overturn an election.  Spitzer stepped down.  He could have been like Clinton, fought it, and survived the office. It was Spitzer's decision to leave the office. 

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He still may be prosecuted

As I understand the law on wiretapping, you have to get an order from a judge and in order to do that, you have to give the judge some justification. The justification for wire tapping Spitzer was that there were unusually large withdrawals from his bank account. My question is, how did the FBI know this? Does it monitor every person's bank account? This is what concerns me./mm

Barb, I think the Mann act talks about transporting someone across state lines. Spitzer didn't actually take the prostitute. She met him in DC. I know this is a fine point, and they may still prosecute him for that. However, it is against the law in most states to pay a prostitute for services. This law is not, however, often enforced. The men usually get off. My thinking is that Sptizer has made a deal with the government in exchange for resigning. I doubt he will ever spend a day in jail. It is true that he is a hypocrite (sp?) and probably not a very nice man. I, but IMO that's another issue, entirely./mm

The story I read was the IRS picked up on the bank withdrawals that were in unusually large amounts. They reported it to the U.S. Attorney General's office, who in turn, turned it over to the FBI . As long as none of us are making odd 80K withdrawals from our bank that the IRS picks up on, I guess we're safe

Yep, Tosca, that's what I heard. But does this mean that everyone's bank account is monitored? And I think the $80,000 was the total over a number of years that Sptizer spent, so the individual withdrawals would probably have been in the range of $5,000 (unless he was running a tab, LOL.) My question is, do they monitor everyone's bank account and if not, how do they decide who to watch?/mm

Maybe banks have to report transactions over a certain $$$. i know it is illegal to take a certain amount of money out of the country. I mean, if you or I withdraw $80K, we usually get a cashier's check or something and have it transferred to a mortgage company, a car dealership, whatever. I would think that walking around with that kinda dough would be dangerous and just plain stupid. Guess I'll never know, tho. LOL

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