The Department of Homeland Security now says that two weeks of critical surveillance footage from within Immigrations and Customs Enforcement’s Broadview detention center wasn’t actually lost in a “system crash,” but rather, was never recorded in the first place. It is also arguing that, had the footage been recorded, it would be irrelevant because prisoner living conditions have improved since the time it was supposed to be recorded.
It’s like when you call BigCorp and the recording tells you, “This call may be recorded for quality assurance purposes.” What this means in standard humanese is, “We will record this call and use it against your whenever we like, but it doesn’t exist if it’s in your favor.”
Although, it does also mean that you can record the call and it can be used in a court of law.
That’s the case in most states already. The list of states that aren’t single party consent is quite short, though I there are enough edge cases that I’m not confident listing them.
You’d think, but unless you recorded it for quality assurance purposes, that is not the case.