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[wahyuhr-tap] / ˈwaɪərˌtæp /








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Cronje was undone when an Indian police wiretap of a bookmaker caught him in discussions about fixing matches.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 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 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

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

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

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

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

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2025

He considered wiretaps on reporters, tax audits and contesting TV station licenses.

From Salon ● May 12, 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

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

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

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, or FISA, normally requires a warrant for national-security wiretapping on American soil.

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

In 1927, there is a case called Olmstead, which is the wiretapping case out of Washington state.

From Slate ● Jan. 16, 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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