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wiretap [′wīr‚tap] (communications) A secretly made and concealed connection to a telephone line, office intercommunication line, or other wiring system, for the purpose of monitoring conversations and activities in a room from a remote location without knowledge of the participants, legally or illegally. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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District Judge Vaughn Walker refuses to dismiss a suit against AT&T, and by extension the National Security Agency, over secret, warrantless wiretaps allegedly installed on AT&T fiberoptic lines. To federal judge ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR, a Carter era appointee, for preening "there are no hereditary Kings in America," in her 44-page decision to strike down NSA's warrantless wiretaps as unconstitutional, apparently oblivious of the surveillance-driven roll-up of the terrorist plot in the UK to blow up US-bound airliners. He's representing Erin Finn, whose former boyfriend, record producer Robert Pfieffer, has been indicted for allegedly hiring Pellicano to wiretap her. |
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