Montreal police asked for and received a warrant to listen to La Presse columnist Patrick Lagacé and journalist Vincent Larouche’s phone calls.
That appears to contradict what police chief Philippe Pichet said this past week.
According to Montreal top cop, they only got the OK to determine the incoming and outgoing numbers and where the reporters were, but not what they discussed.
Thee newspaper goes on to say a Quebec Superior court judge gave the permission in May for a period of 60 days.
The Couillard government has called a public inquiry into what has now been dubbed Spygate.
A Superior Court judge has ruled any data Montreal police gathered on Lagacé’s phone that could provide names of his sources must be sealed for now.
There's been no response yet from Monteral police to the La Presse report.