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Who Was Scott Peterson Talking To?

More news on the police wiretaps on Scott Peterson's phone.

The police intercepted 3,858 phone calls on Peterson's home and cell phones in the three week period between January 10 and February 4. 69 of the calls were between him and his lawyer. One was between Peterson and his private investigator. That leaves approximately 3,700 calls to other people. Peterson was a fertilizer salesman by occupation. His wife was gone, so he wasn't talking to her. He was likely not working much after her disappearance. Who else was he talking to? Amber, several dozen times maybe. His family, maybe 100 times. But that still leaves 3,500 calls. Could there have been that many calls from the media seeking interviews?

The latest news is that one of the investigators involved with the court-ordered wiretapping says he was just advised by the software company that designed the wiretap system of an additional 176 calls. The prosecutor says these calls are news to them and have asked the Judge to screen them to see if law enforcement can listen to them.

Mark Geragos, Peterson's lawyer, is seeking to toss the wiretaps, or recuse the prosecutors who listened to the privileged calls. A hearing is set for June 26. Geragos has subpoenaed the Judge who issued the wiretap order to the hearing because he did not have a court reporter present during his conferences with the prosecutors, as is required by California law.

We're sure it will be an interesting hearing, but still, our main question is who has 4,000 telephone conversations in three weeks and who was Peterson talking to?

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