( CNN ) -- The general manager for the New Orleans Saints said Thursday he has never listened in on an opposing team 's communications , or asked to have the capability . Allegations that he had the ability to eavesdrop on coaches for nearly three seasons were not true , Mickey Loomis told reporters . `` I have a clear conscience . '' `` In my 29 years in the NFL , I have never listened to an opposing team 's communications , '' Loomis said . `` I have never asked for the capability to listen to an opposing team 's communications . I have never inquired as to the possibility of listening in on an opposing team 's communications . And I have never been aware of any capability to listen in on an opposing team 's communications at the Superdome or any NFL stadium . '' Louisiana State Police have joined the FBI in looking into the matter . `` All we have now are allegations of illegal use of wiretapping and eavesdropping , '' state police Superintendent Mike Edmonson said earlier this week . Loomis said he did not know who made the eavesdropping claim . `` I 'm angry about it , '' he said . ESPN reported this week that the Saints general manager had a device in his Superdome suite that was wired to allow him to hear members of the opposing coaching staff from 2002 to 2004 . The stadium suffered severe damage in 2005 , when Hurricane Katrina ripped through the city . Citing anonymous sources , the report said it could not determine for certain whether Loomis ever used the system . On Monday , Saints spokesman Greg Bensel called the report `` 1,000 % false -- completely inaccurate . '' `` We asked ESPN to provide us evidence to support their allegations , and they refused . The team and Mickey are seeking all legal recourse regarding these false allegations , '' he said . Jim Haslett , former Saints coach and current defensive coordinator for the Washington Redskins , similarly cast doubt on the ESPN report . `` At no time during my tenure as head coach with the New Orleans Saints did Mickey and I discuss monitoring opposing team coach 's communication , nor did I have any knowledge of this . To my knowledge this concept was never discussed or utilized , '' he said in a statement . The statute of limitations for wiretapping crimes is typically five years , according to CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin . When asked how that fact might figure into the investigation , Edmonson said , `` Let 's find out that if the allegations are factual and if state law has been compromised first . Then it will be up to the U.S. attorney or district attorney to review the matter . '' A spokesman for the National Football League said Monday that the league had no prior knowledge of the wiretapping accusations , which come on the heels of another Saints scandal . This month , the NFL upheld penalties it imposed against the Saints and members of its coaching staff for the team 's bounty program . The unprecedented punishment was handed down in March after an NFL investigation found that the team had an `` active bounty program '' during the 2009 , 2010 and 2011 seasons . During this time , players were purportedly offered payments if they managed to hurt opposing players and knock them out of a game . The stiffest penalty handed down -- an indefinite ban -- was given to Gregg Williams , the Saints defensive coordinator who , over the offseason , moved to take that same position with the St. Louis Rams . Head coach Sean Payton was suspended for the entire 2012-13 season . Loomis was suspended without pay for the season 's first eight regular season games , while assistant head coach Joe Vitt was suspended without pay for the first six regular season games . The team was also fined $ 500,000 and ordered to forfeit its second-round draft picks in 2012 and 2013 , the NFL has said . Loomis said Thursday the team respects the NFL 's decision on the bounty program . `` It is our job to move forward . Player safety is a paramount issue for the league and the New Orleans Saints . '' CNN 's Rick Martin contributed to this report .
Mickey Loomis said he listened in on communications , or tried to . We are looking into fraud , corruption even . The Saints are already in hot water over their bounty program . He said the Saints have accepted penalties related to that .