The Harvest moon has waned, summer is almost past (the aspen are turning yellow in the high county) and still no Mueller Time heralding ACT IV.

Officially, he wasn't "wire-tapped." His communications were intercepted. All of them. He talked to many, many people. It's all recorded and being transcribed. Discussions with others provides opportunity to look into them. Could be the block that pulls the whole thing down. We'll see. Autumn promises to be entertaining.

Also, recall that it was revealed that the intelligence community have ways of using the microphone of a smart phone as a hot mic, a bug that gets carried into every meeting. Was that used here? Who knows? We've heard the administration is worried about staffers being "wired". They don't have to be equipped with any tech other than their phone. They just have to agree to have it turned into a bug.

"Lordy, I hope there are tapes!" might have been a hint.