You would think that the swashbuckling Elliott Spitzer wants to be Elliott Ness of Untouchables fame by going after the big dogs.
Now he wants better technology to be able to do the digital age’s version of the wiretap. And he’ll likely get his way.
The memories of 9/11 still looms large in New York but also, the metropolitan New York City area is home to organized crime from many lands. Not just the Mafia, but drug gangs, international financial scam cartels and more all use the Big Apple as a base of operations. Thus his need to have the ability to crack the calls.