Recording conversations or listening in to telephone conversations using wiretap is strictly controlled by laws. Understanding how these laws work protects everyone’s privacy and can help prevent needless lawsuits.

Telephone bugging, telephone surveillance, wiretapping: these are just a few names for what is essentially the same thing — listening into someone else’s conversation or recording it for later use. While there are many instances of people whose telephones are illegally tapped, placing a bug on a phone must be authorized by a search warrant or court order. While there are plenty of legitimate reasons to want to listen to someone’s telephone conversation, knowing what the laws are surrounding private conversations is important for anyone who wants to avoid messy lawsuit.

According to the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 1,773 wiretap orders were issued by courts in 2005 alone. Obviously, it is much harder to get accurate statistics on illegal telephone surveillance, although it does occur.
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Background Checks - Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE)

The purpose of this Request for Proposals (RFP) is to select a pool of qualified firms capable of providing background checking services for verification of information provided by potential employees concerning Social Security information, criminal background, academic credentials, and other items as necessary for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE).

The scheduled due date for this bid is June 18, 2007

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Background Investigations - Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas

The contractor shall furnish all labor, supervision, and transportation necessary to perform Background Investigation Clerk services. This individual will perform background investigation checks utilizing the Texas Law Enforcement Terminal System (TLETS) and National Criminal Information Check (NCIC) databases. These queries will be performed on all potential civilian and DoD contractor/subcontractor/employee personnel performing a service at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The contract will be for a basic period of three and one half months (15 Jun 07 ? 30 Sep 08) with one option period (1 Oct 07 ? 30 Sep 08). The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Code is 561110. The size standard is $6.5M. The solicitation will be posted in FedBizOps (http://www.eps.gov) electronically, on or about 24 May 07. Hard copies will be made available at the Contracting office upon issuance of the solicitation, or may be downloaded from the internet. Once the solicitation is posted, it is incumbent upon the interested parties to review this site frequently for any updates/amendments to any and all documents. All responsible sources may submit a proposal that shall be considered by this Agency. All prospective offers interested in submitting a proposal on this solicitation must have a commercial and government entity code (CAGE CODE).

The scheduled due date for this bid is June 4, 2007

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Investigator Services – Pima County, AZ

This solicitation is being conducted to establish a comprehensive pool of qualified Contractors to provide confidential investigations on behalf of the Court-Appointed Attorney(s), appointed for representation of indigent clients arrested for or charged with felonies in the COUNTY, or other legal matters requiring legal assistance. Services will be ordered on an as-needed basis. There is no guarantee regarding any amount of work that will be ordered.

May 25, 2007 at 11:00 A.M. MST

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Fingerprinting and Background Investigation Services – Anne Arundel County, MD

The Anne Arundel Count Public Schools district is now accepting bids for Fingerprinting and Background Investigation Services.

The scheduled due date for this bid is June 4, 2007 at 11:00 A.M.

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Background Checks for the Texas A&M University

To receive a hard copy of the specifications, you must send your request in writing to either fax 979/845-3800 or e-mail ftenorio@tamu.edu Please include your complete address with phone and fax number. Texas A&M University will continue to post bid, offers and proposals on the Texas Marketplace in the future; however, this purchase was made by an Institution of Higher Education and is exempt from re-advertising under Section 51.9335 of the Texas Higher Education Code.

The due date for this bid is to be determined (TBD)

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William Winn worked for nine years in state prisons, and then more than 23 years as a probation officer in Lowell District Court before becoming one of the region’s biggest private investigators. Winn, though based in Methuen, still does a lot of his work out of Lowell District Court, where he has investigated prominent cases and murders for local attorneys.

Q: What does a private investigator do?

A: Eighty to ninety percent of the work I do is criminal. I work mostly for attorneys. You try to find exculpatory evidence, and read the police reports, talk to witnesses, interview them. The defense attorney calls me, and I go out. You try to get people to talk to you, witnesses, victims, and sometimes they’ll talk to you and sometimes a witness will tell police they saw something, and you realize that it’s impossible.

Bail News Roundup - May 18, 2007

Over the past week, the AboutBail.com staff were spending extra time around the water cooler, catching up on the news stories from the industry. This past week, the stories that caught our attention were:

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Truman Medical Center has hired private investigators to smoke out a whistleblower.

KMBC’s Micheal Mahoney reported that the leaders of the Jackson County Health Department and Truman Medical Center did not like the story KMBC broadcast in January about the shape of the county Health Department’s medical records room. Pictures given to KMBC showed numerous splotches on the walls in a records room.

But instead of just fixing the problem, officials set out to find out who blew the whistle, Mahoney reported.

According to Jimmie Mesis, Editor-in-Chief of PI Magazine, a nationally recognized source of goods and services for the private investigative world Bill Mitchell’s book The More You Know is the #1 Best Seller for sleuths around the world. The More You Know, a “how to” book was created for victims of infidelity but is finding a real niche with private investigators.

Eagle’s Nest Publications, LLC today announced that the book The More You Know - Getting the evidence and support you need to investigate a troubled relationship $14.95 is the #1 Best Seller according to Jimmie Mesis, Editor-in-Chief of PI Magazine, a nationally recognized source of goods and services for the private investigative world. The More You Know is the fastest selling “how-to” book for sleuths around the world. The More You Know was created for victims of infidelity but is finding a real niche with professional investigators.

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