Discovery of bugging device in mayor's office causes a furor

Thursday, October 9, 2003

PHILADELPHIA -- Federal law enforcement officials on Wednesday confirmed that listening devices found in the offices of Mayor John F. Street were planted by the FBI -- a discovery that touched off a political furor just weeks before Election Day.

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