S03E10 · SCENE 33/39 · 39:21
Reformation · Judge's chambers
Judge approves pre-wiretap

Judge approves pre-wiretapping burner phones.

39:21→40:32
in the episode · 1m 11s · S03E10

What happens

39:21–40:32

Judge Phelan agrees to sign off on court-ordered taps for phones not yet used for illegal activity. He acknowledges it's unprecedented but lets the Court of Appeals sort it out.

WhereJudge's chambers
DriverJudge Phelan
Positionact1 · payoff
ThreadPolice Wiretap Struggle

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39:41

lt's circumstantial PC at best.

39:52

Let the Court of Appeals sort it out, if it even gets that far.

40:05

Quite the legal mind.

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39:49What the hell, let's do it.

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