Talk:Jim Mitteager

Jim Mitteager was ousted as Globe Bureau Chief for alleged sexual harassment after which he became a freelancer for the Enquirer and tipped off celebrity private eye Anthony Pellicano about damning stories in the works on a number of celebrities Pellicano represented through their respective lawyers.

Mitteager did indeed illegally audiotape telephone talks between he and tabloid sources as well as fellow tabloid employees, other reporters and the like. This was illegal, and remains illegal, as California is a two party state.

After Mitteager's death, his beloved wife Carol phoned Pellicano's field investigator Paul Barresi and told him that her husband left him a box filled with what she suspected was files.

The box contained files and audiotapes which were subpoenaed by the FBI and later used to assist the Los Angeles US attorney in the Anthony Pellicano illegal wiretapping trial.

In order to protect Mitteager's family from going through the grueling Federal interrogation he had to contend with, not to mention how parlously close he came to being arrested, Barresi did not implicate Mitteager's family.