Eavesdropping Bugs and Hot Mics have something in common... both capture private conversations not for publication. Technical Surveillance Countermeasures (TSCM) inspections can combat the bugging. Hot Mic avoidance is more a do-it-yourself exercise. It requires you listen to your mom's advice, "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say it."
Judge Ridicules Attorney After Hearing
IL - A Cook County judge this week was caught on a YouTube livestream mocking an attorney who had appeared before him for arguments earlier in the day.
“Can you imagine waking up next to her every day? Oh, my God,” Judge William Raines said of attorney Jennifer Bonjean. “... I couldn’t have a visual on that if you paid me.”
A link to the video of Tuesday’s livestreamed court call was available for viewing as recently as Thursday morning. After Raines had finished hearing cases, he began to chat with two Cook County prosecutors and a Cook County assistant public defender about the legal argument Bonjean had participated in earlier that day. He apparently did not realize the conversation was still being broadcast live on YouTube.
“I’m
reliving (Assistant State’s Attorney) Todd Dombrowski’s conversation
with Miss Bonjean,” he said, apparently unprompted. “... Did you see her
going nuts? Glasses off, fingers through her hair, the phone’s going
all over the place, it’s insane.” more
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Secret Audio Sheds Light on Toppled Dictator’s Frantic Last Hours
Tunisia - The recordings - obtained by BBC News Arabic Documentaries - have been
forensically analysed by audio experts who found no evidence of
tampering or manipulation...
"When we see that you can come back, we'll let you know, Mr President," Ammar tells Ben Ali...
"There's anger on the streets in a way that I cannot describe," Grira says. He seems keen to be clear with the president, adding: "So that you cannot say that I misled you, and the decision is yours."
Ben Ali tries to defend his reputation. "What have I done to the street? I served it."
"I'm giving you the situation, not an explanation" Grira replies. more
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ME - The broadcasters, who didn’t realize their microphones were on, made the derogatory remarks about players in a girls’ game between Central Aroostook and Easton that they were watching on a monitor while they prepared for their game at Caribou.
In a 40-second video posted to Twitter, the two are heard making derogatory comments about the weight of some players. One of the broadcasters was heard to say, “two girls out here extremely overweight. Awful.” Other derogatory comments were followed by laughter.
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Hot Mic Revenge - The FAUCI Act
DC - After Dr. Anthony Fauci was caught on a hot mic calling Senator Roger
Marshall a moron, Marshall publicized his financial records and
announced the impending introduction of the FAUCI Act. more
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Rebecca Maddern's Explosive Leaked Rant About Novak DjokovicAustralia - In a moment that is surely every live TV host's worst nightmare, Rebecca Maddern was caught this week branding unvaccinated tennis champion Novak Djokovic a 'lying, sneaky a***hole' in leaked footage that was never supposed to air. more
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Hot Mic at Anchorage Community Council Zoom MeetingAK - Two members of Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson’s administration attended a community council meeting this week over Zoom to talk about COVID-19 testing and other issues... The two inadvertently left their microphone on during the meeting while speaking to each other, and at one point, Bronson’s director of legislative affairs said he thought someone they had been talking with “needed a little slapping around.” more
A hot mic moment captured Dr. Mehmet Oz seemingly trying to distance himself from the Republican Party despite his Senate run as a GOP candidate.
In a new profile by New York magazine's Olivia Nuzzi, Oz and his wife, Lisa, were overheard discussing Nuzzi as well as a friend of the couple who spoke to Nuzzi about the doctor's recent announcement that he was running in Pennsylvania for the U.S. Senate.
In the story, Nuzzi described a
call with Lisa Oz, during which the latter thought she had hung up but
had left the reporter on the line as she and her husband "engaged in
paranoid conversation and argument for more than four minutes" while
Nuzzi listened. more
