FBI tapes are indeed submissable in court if they are obtained legally.
It was an investigation into the Governor of Illinois, not a Senator or Obama. It just happened that he was caught trying to 'sell' Obama's senate seat which will be vacant when Obama assumes office of the President.
Don't know what you mean by 'domestic research.' Research on what or whom?
The shoe joke was good :o)


>>>Oh well, get used to the next 4 or 8 years. Some are going to make it an endless quest to find something to stick to Obama. They have had no success so far but are not going to stop trying.
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>>Don't be ridiculous. While there will be 'some' doing that, it is not everyone. Don't forget it is typical to question everything a President does and investigate if there is any suspicion of wrong-doing. That is just good sense. If the watchers aren't watching, then what country are you living in? Who will ensure there is no corruption or illegal dealings? It's just good sense. It has been the case of every president and Obama is no exception (other than some articles already dissappearing off the web as I posted to Tamar...)
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>>I certainly HOPE they NEVER stop trying. It is just good sense to keep the government as clean as can be. Would you want anything else? Do you want every President (or only Obama) to have a free hand and no oversight?
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>Uhm, ehmm, gmhhh...
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>For as long as (only) pettit dirt, little white lies & sex scandals are exposed. Other then that your investigative journalists
>wear *shoe size* 4 {g} (Yes, pun is on shoes flying at recent surprise visit to Iraq)
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>One thing I don;t understand. FBI wiretapes congressmen and that is ok, but that kind of evidence is not admissable
>when they want to prosecute drug dealers and other criminals in court ?
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>Also, why don't they release all of their 'domestic research' in the past 8 years ?
>I am sure many interesting things would pop up. Or they do 'random dirt search' and it just so happened to be about
>Obama related senator ?