Just going to address this last point of yours. (I don't pretend to understand, nor want to understand, the feud between Fluke and Gus. Just not helpful to trying to learn what really happened that night.)
The confidentially of 911 calls varies from state to state. And New York's is tough. It's pretty clear cut. What else do you need to know
What is clear cut is you DON'T understand the spirit of that rule. We hear 911 calls being replayed almost every week on various Crime/News TV shows. We are not hearing it because they don't want you to hear it ! ....for whatever reason.
It doesn't seem to bother you that a SCPD detective took it upon himself to write a well constructed letter to Newsday telling us he heard the tape and said he didn't believe her life was in danger. We now know that isn't true because persons higher up the ladder have told us otherwise.
IMO, there is NO reason to keep the tape out of the public view now this case is 5 years old. Hardly a week goes by when you watch a show like 48 Hours not playing a 911 call.
It's one thing not to play the tape, it's another to lie about what was on it.
http://www.ncsl.org/research/teleco...y/confidentiality-of-911-call-recordings.aspx
New York
NY County Law § 308(4)
4. Records, in whatever form they may be kept, of calls made to a municipality's E911 system shall not be made available to or obtained by any entity or person, other than that municipality' public safety agency, another government agency or body, or a private entity or a person providing medical, ambulance or other emergency services, and shall not be utilized for any commercial purpose other than the provision of emergency services.