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Court denies access to wiretaps of ex-Governor Spitzer

A federal appeals court ruled that prosecutors may withhold records of wiretaps about the beginnings of the investigation into a prostitution ring that resulted in the resignation of New York Governor Eliot Spitzer. -DB The New York Times August 8, 2009 By Benjamin Weiser Prosecutors do not have to release secret court records relating to wiretaps that might have offered more details about how the investigation of the prostitution ring that ensnared former Gov. Eliot Spitzer

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