"Wiretaps Interrupted over FBI's Unpaid Phone Bills"

ROBERT SIEGEL, Host:

While Iowa Hill is finally getting connected, the FBI is getting cut off. According to a Justice Department audit out today, a handful of field offices racked up tens of thousands of dollars in unpaid phone bills. And as a result, a few companies actually stopped FBI wiretaps. And at least one of those taps was being used in a top secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act investigation. It's not clear how much evidence was lost before the FBI paid its tab.