wiretap
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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
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
The officers had extraordinary records of complaints but were not under investigation until the wiretap.
From Slate • May 9, 2024
Beginning that very month, Harvey's wiretap commenced recording thousands of classified conversations among Soviet and East German military officials.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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