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U.S. v. McTIERNAN

No. 10-50500.

695 F.3d 882 (2012)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. John McTIERNAN, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 20, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Sevilla (argued), Law Office of Charles Sevilla, San Diego, CA; S. Todd Neal , Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP, San Diego, CA, for the defendant-appellant.

Jean-Claude André , Assistant U.S. Attorney, Los Angeles, CA, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: RONALD LEE GILMAN, RICHARD C. TALLMAN, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

GILMAN, Circuit Judge:

John McTiernan, a famous Hollywood movie director, hired former private investigator Anthony Pellicano in 2000 to illegally wiretap the telephone conversations of two individuals. Six years later, when the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) questioned McTiernan about Pellicano's activities, McTiernan claimed that he knew nothing about any wiretapping. But the FBI had obtained a digital recording (the Recording) that Pellicano...

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