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wiretap

[wahyuhr-tap] / ˈwaɪərˌtæp /








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This followed uproar in the EU after Spain's Ministry of the Interior awarded Chinese tech giant Huawei a €12.3m contract to store and manage sensitive judicial wiretap data last year.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Silverman also said police had conducted a wiretap operation in the case, but did not disclose the nature of it.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

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

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

From Salon ● Mar. 13, 2025

In all, the wiretap in "Harvey's Hole" recorded a staggering 433,000 conversations, giving America insight into the mind and plans of its main enemy.

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

According to an annual government report, the number of wiretaps obtained by DHS — often to investigate drug trafficking — plummeted to 23 in 2025, from 133 the previous year.

From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026

You typically have to have either wiretaps or recording in the rooms, or what appears to be the case here is a witness who is cooperating.

From Slate ● Jan. 7, 2026

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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2025

The only evidence of Nixon’s shady dealings came from bugs and wiretaps, which Johnson certainly did not wish to make public.

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

Alfozan, who was denied bail after being deemed a flight risk, currently faces wiretapping allegations for allegedly bugging a conference room.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2026

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

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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