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Dec 8, 2008 3:00 pm US/Eastern

Ex-FBI Agent Admits Role In Hollywood Wiretap Case

LOS ANGELES (AP) ― A former FBI agent has pled guilty to illegally accessing the bureau's computers as part of a wiretapping caper involving Hollywood private investigator Anthony Pellicano.

Mark Rossini, who once worked in the FBI press office in Washington, entered the guilty plea to five charges in front of a federal magistrate in Washington federal court.

The charges stemmed from Rossini's effort to find information that would help Pellicano defend himself against wiretapping charges.

Pellicano is awaiting sentencing after his conviction in Los Angeles for bugging phones of celebrities and others to get information for clients of his detective agency.

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