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KAMES O'KEEFFE

JUST IN: Detectives Come to Home of O’Keefe Undercover Journalist Following Criminal Complaint Filed by Former State Farm VP

Exemptions to the IL Eavesdrop Law

(720 ILCS 5/14-3) EXEMPTIONS (SECTION i)
(i) Recording of a conversation made by or at the request of a person, not a law enforcement officer or agent of a law enforcement officer, who is a party to the conversation, under reasonable suspicion that another party to the conversation is committing, is about to commit, or has committed a criminal offense against the person or a member of his or her immediate household, and there is reason to believe that evidence of the criminal offense may be obtained by the recording;

IMPORTANT NOTE: any intimidation and/or implied threats during the original recording in question could also be construed as a secondary/subsequent crime (a 2nd crime) taking place pursuant to any potential crimes disclosed in the recording, thereby meeting the criteria of the expemtion above (i.e. the recording party journalist was under criminal threat of injury or harm which violates numerous IL assault and domestic violence la

James will fight it and win, but it is long and expensive to fight it, so they don't always get people fighting violations of their freedom

sounds like a corrupt officer also