RCMP Tapped B.C. Premier's Phone By Mistake

That unintended moment happened after the RCMP sought a wiretap in November, 2003, to monitor the conversations of David Basi, formerly Collins' top adviser, who was the subject of a police drug investigation that eventually resulted in the 2003 raid of the legislature, said defence lawyer Kevin McCullough. But in politics, ministerial staff often hand over their phones to chat to people. That appears to have happened with Basi, who is in court fighting charges of influence-peddling to help a company mount a $1-billion bid for the publicly owned BC Rail. An incredulous McCullough told the court that he discovered that the RCMP suddenly found themselves monitoring the conversation of the premier and Collins, who never knew the phone was tapped. No details of the conversation were detailed and neither the premier nor Collins were ever suspects in the case. http://tinyurl.com/y6puzx

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