‘Thousands of phone calls’ on feds’ wiretaps
MORE TARGETS | ‘Multiple witnesses have come forward,’ authorities say
From:
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/blagojevich/1358086,CST-NWS-blago01.article
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The filing also revealed that the government has additional targets in its ongoing probe and that the governor’s Dec. 9 arrest spurred more witnesses to talk to prosecutors. “Multiple witnesses have come forward in recent weeks to discuss their knowledge of criminal activity,” the filing states.
Thousands of phone calls were captured between October and December, but just four of them will be the subject of a hearing Monday in federal court.
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The FBI tapped Blagojevich’s home phone and the cell phone of his onetime top aide Lon Monk, and two bugs were planted in the governor’s campaign office.
The probable cause basis for the listening devices came from information provided by John Wyma, a former Blagojevich insider who has met with authorities, according to the criminal complaint
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More on Joh Wyma...
If the feds have Wyma, who needs Rezko?
FROM:
http://www.southtownstar.com/news/miller/1320476,120908miller.article
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The Tribune cited unidentified sources to claim that bigtime lobbyist John Wyma’s cooperation allowed federal investigators to make “covert tape recordings” of Gov. Rod Blagojevich.
You just can’t get more “inside” than Wyma.
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Wyma has been known to hang out at Blagojevich’s house for hours, playing chess and swapping stories. Rezko was never Wyma-style close to Blagojevich.
Chris Kelly was a much closer Blagojevich friend than Wyma, and Kelly and Wyma reportedly were at odds throughout the years about who really had the governor’s ear. But it was Wyma who truly put all the pieces together with the fundraising and the lobbying.
Rezko is in prison, Kelly is awaiting trial on a tax beef, and now Wyma apparently is cooperating with the G.
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