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wiretap

[wahyuhr-tap] / ˈwaɪərˌtæp /








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In fact, conspirators were overheard on a wiretap saying they “wouldn’t trust Joe” to agree to their scheme.

From Barron's ● Oct. 17, 2025

The case against him seemed damning when a wiretap captured a KGB officer instructing Ogorodnikova to lure Miller to Warsaw, which was part of the Soviet Bloc.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

While on their tour of duty, the judges decide on FBI requests to wiretap alleged foreign spies.

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025

The officers had extraordinary records of complaints but were not under investigation until the wiretap.

From Slate ● May 9, 2024

The prosecutor’s office, following Terryl’s instinct, used wiretap evidence to secure a conviction.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel

There are cases where there are millions of pages and the defendant needs significant time to review millions of pages of emails, text messages, and listen to hundreds of hours of wiretaps.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026

The legal notifications, under the terms of the 1968 Federal Wiretap Act, are sent out routinely to people whose private communications have been captured on federal wiretaps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

On Tuesday, an appeals chamber found there had been insufficient evidence against Uribe, that wiretaps used in the trial had been illegally conducted, and that the trial judge had committed errors of "methodology."

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

They do not, however, include the agency’s nefarious wiretaps of King that are scheduled for release in 2027.

From Salon ● Aug. 18, 2025

At last, technicians reached the Soviet cables, carefully exposing the inner wires and grafting on the wiretaps.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau

The anti-corruption bureau shared part of a wiretapped conversation as part of its case and said six more people had been identified as suspects.

From BBC ● May 12, 2026

The intelligence officers scribbled notes on wiretapped phone calls and typed thousands of pages of reports on opposition activities.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

The anti-corruption agency then gradually released a series of videos featuring wiretapped conversations of those implicated in the scheme.

From Barron's ● Nov. 13, 2025

People I knew and I, myself, were wiretapped and followed by FBI and military intelligence agents.

From Salon ● May 6, 2025

There's no psi on us but we may be wiretapped by BEB—lots of law offices are and trainees connected with them.

From The Psilent Partner by John Victor Peterson

Four people have been found guilty and given jail terms by a Greek court after a wiretapping scandal shook the country in 2022.

From BBC ● Feb. 26, 2026

Assuming they’d followed the law, arranging such surveillance would have involved a number of legal and technical steps, including securing a wiretapping warrant.

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2025

Federal law is focused on preventing wiretapping, mandating that at least one party to the call knows that it’s being recorded.

From Slate ● Oct. 31, 2024

According to the memo, dated April 26, Los Angeles police brought a case to prosecutors in January, requesting that they charge Vasquez and Leon with illegally recording a conversation and wiretapping.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2024

Saidy suggested that there was an actual plot to keep Fischer from becoming World Champion, and this involved the wiretapping of his parents’ phone.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady


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