9/19 Daily scandal press -- Post 'em all here! - New England Patriots Forums

***patchick*** · 09-19-2007, 05:57 AM

The board has gotten choked by separate threads on every single columnist and talking head weighing in with his or her opinion. Please support our ability to talk football by posting all of these items here. (Actual breaking news is another story, of course.) Thank you!

nowayback · 09-19-2007, 06:09 AM

Has to be stickied or this will disappear.

nowayback · 09-19-2007, 06:27 AM

maybe use the training camp room for spygate stuff?

checkedout · 09-19-2007, 06:59 AM

Would be allot easier if they stay in thier own thread.

dryheat44 · 09-19-2007, 07:02 AM

Thank you.

Mack Herron · 09-19-2007, 07:08 AM

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A Statement by Kimmons Security Services, Inc.: New England Patriots Cheating May Warrant Criminal Investigation

HOUSTON, Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The NFL may not have the final word on punishment for the New England Patriots and team coaches. News accounts of the cheating scandal report covert video surveillance and taping of opposing teams defensive signals. Covert video surveillance is not a criminal offense, in most cases. However, some news accounts mention, "Patriots might have wired linemen to pick up opposing teams' offensive audibles." If this is true, and conversations were covertly intercepted without participants' knowledge, this could very well be a criminal offense. In most states, at least one party in a conversation must know it is being intercepted or taped, or a criminal law has been violated. Some states require all party consent for audio monitoring.

Any suspicion of covert interception of conversations should be fully investigated by law enforcement. We would probably be naive to think the Patriots are the only team involved in cheating. How widespread is this problem, and have teams crossed the line and laws been violated? Corporations have been aware of the threat of eavesdropping over airways and telephone communications for years. Many have taken appropriate steps through security measures to limit such threats. It would be prudent for the NFL, and possibly others, to fully investigate these incidents, and determine if teams may have been involved in such practices.

The law seems to be very clear regarding the covert interception of conversations. The question that remains would seem to be whether or not the Patriots, and possibly others, have been involved in this potential illegal activity. This question needs to be answered.

http://www.kxxv.com/global/story.asp?s=7090518

***patchick*** · 09-19-2007, 07:18 AM

"Statement by Kimmons Security Services" -- ok, that's a paid blurb on PR Newswire! It's just a security company trying to use a news story as an advertising opportunity.

***Lloyd_Christmas*** · 09-19-2007, 07:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mack Herron

http://www.kxxv.com/global/story.asp?s=7090518

That is some REALLY funny S_h_i_t !!!

Was the writer of that hilarious article aware that the persons in question in the SECRET wiretapping incident were playing football in public with 60K plus fans around them?

I'm pretty sure they gave up their right to privacy. That article was really far fetched.

checkedout · 09-19-2007, 08:28 AM

This sucks! Now I have to sift thru every post in this thread plus scroll over the titles in the main forum to find stuff. It sucks I tell you!

***PATSNUTme*** · 09-19-2007, 08:28 AM

It does seem as if every obscure media wanna be is putting out pure speculation pieces with dramatic headlines just to get themselves noticed.

I agree that it has gone over the top and that we should post them on one thread unless they are really factual and from a credible source.