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wiretap

[wahyuhr-tap] / ˈwaɪərˌtæp /








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Schmidt and the company are accused of violating the California Comprehensive Computer Data Access and Fraud Act, and a section of the state penal code that prohibits wiretapping.

From Los Angeles Times

The notifications are routine in wiretap investigations once surveillance ends, but the letters set off a wave of panic across California’s political power structure.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Barron's

Nabu has been releasing new snippets of its investigation and wiretaps every day and on Tuesday it promised more would come.

From BBC

Sometimes, the feds couldn’t either: One informant, resting his legs on the desk of mob boss Joey Merlino, had the wire to the wiretap hanging from the bottom of his pants leg.

From The Wall Street Journal