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Nov 10, 2009 11:07 am US/Pacific

Brown's Office Releases Report On Taped Interviews

(CBS 5 / AP)

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A report by Attorney General Jerry Brown's office said a spokesman secretly recorded phone calls with five reporters, even though he was explicitly warned not to do so.

Chief Assistant Attorney General Dane Gillette reports that Scott Gerber was repeatedly warned that California law requires both parties to give consent before a conversation is recorded. Gerber, 33, resigned last week after one of the secret recordings came to light.

The report released Monday said Gerber recorded six interviews with five reporters from April to October, including three with reporters from The Associated Press.

It says Brown and other senior staff members did not know about the secret recordings. The report said no crime occurred, concluding that an on-the-record interview with a reporter is not a confidential communication.