Opinion ID: 757430
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Heading Rank: 6

Heading: Undercover Activities

Text: 17 Finally, the affidavit disclosed that although investigators had attempted to do so, it had not been possible to successfully introduce any undercover officers into the organization. Id. p 24. It then explained that future attempts are not likely to be successful because the informants who have cooperated in the past are not sufficiently trusted within the organization to successfully introduce undercover officers at a level that would result in valuable information. The government also asserted that undercover operations are dangerous, expensive, and time-consuming, and explained that further efforts would risk jeopardizing the entire investigation as well as endangering the lives of the officers involved. Id. 18 Based on the above discussion, we believe that the explanations in the affidavit comprise a full and complete statement as to whether or not other investigative procedures have been tried and failed or why they reasonably appear to be unlikely to succeed if tried or to be too dangerous. 18 U.S.C. § 2518(1)(c). Moreover, we acknowledge that the state court issuing the wiretap order fulfilled its obligation under both 18 U.S.C. § 2518(3)(c), as well as Utah Code Ann. § 77-23a-10(2)(c), and specifically found that this necessity requirement was satisfied. See Ex Parte Order, R. Vol. I, Doc. 33, Ex. B at 5.44-45. Thus, we conclude that Mr. Diaz has failed to overcome the presumption that the wiretap order is proper, and hold that the district court properly found that the government had satisfied the necessity requirement and did not err in denying Mr. Diaz's motion to suppress. 19 We recognize that in addition to challenging the government's affidavit, Mr. Diaz also challenges several of the magistrate judge's conclusions of law and fact. In particular, he challenges: (1) the magistrate judge's statement that wiretaps should not be routinely employed when other methods would work as well (emphasis added); (2) the magistrate judge's statement that the defendant bears the burden of rebutting the prosecution's showing of necessity; (3) the magistrate judge's statement regarding the length of the surveillance of the targeted residence; and (4) the magistrate judge's statement that the conspiracy was moving and multi-site. Appellant's Br. at 9-11, 31-32. However, because Mr. Diaz did not raise these specific issues in his objection to the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation, see R. Vol. I, Docs. 43, 44, we do not address them. See United States v. One Parcel of Real Property, 73 F.3d 1057, 1060 (10th Cir.1996) (stating that general objections to a magistrate judge's ruling are insufficient to avoid application of the waiver rule as to specific issues); Moore v. United States, 950 F.2d 656, 659 (10th Cir.1991) (stating that failure to object to the magistrate judge's factual findings and conclusions of law amounts to a waiver of challenge to those issues).