Hollywood elite fear they have been bugged

A bumbling attempt to scare a newspaper reporter off a story last year has mushroomed into an FBI probe that has left some of Hollywood’s elite wondering if their phones were illegally tapped.

The affair began last June, with a scene befitting a B-movie: Los Angeles Times reporter Anita Busch, who was looking into actor Steven Seagal’s alleged mob connections, found a dead fish and a rose on the bonnet of her car, along with a cardboard sign with the word “Stop” taped to her windshield.