Former Massey Energy Co. chief Donald Blankenship set up a taping system that captured some office conversations about mine safety that are now in the hands of prosecutors charging him over the worst U.S. coal disaster in 40 years.
Blankenship had three recording devices installed in his office and taped as many as 1,900 conversations, some of which revolved around mine operations that are the focus of the charges, said Victor Hou, a lawyer who led a probe of Massey’s operations for Alpha Natural Resources Inc., which bought the energy firm in 2011.
Hou said he “disclosed the existence of ...
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