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[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

James Comey, the FBI director fired by Trump in 2017, kept a framed FBI letter requesting a wiretap on Dr. King in his office as a "reminder of the bureau's capacity to do wrong."

From Salon ● Feb. 16, 2025

In another revelation damning to the government, the FBI admitted it had captured Ellsberg’s voice on wiretap surveillance years earlier — and that the transcripts had vanished.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2024

In March Gestalt sent her the statuette, she said, assuring her that it contained a wiretap and a tracker.

From BBC ● Jan. 25, 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

These mainly concerned the use of wiretaps of conversations involving "lawyers, journalists, bishops and even members of parliament".

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

He had been suspended for flouting weight regulations, stripped of his informants and demoted to monitoring wiretaps.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

Within hours, at Kissinger’s request, the Federal Bureau of Investigation began placing wiretaps on the phones of Kissinger’s assistants.

From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin

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

Whoever had wiretapped it would wonder why I didn't use it.

From Little Brother by Cory Doctorow

The men who carried it out were charged with burglary, wiretapping and conspiracy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

The highly publicized indictment against Williamson was sprinkled with references to her phone calls and text messages, indicating that federal investigators were likely relying on wiretapping.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 19, 2025

The wiretapping scandal received international attention and scrutiny since one of the first victims, Nikos Androulakis, was an MEP.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2025

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

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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