Sentence examples for acquired communications from inspiring English sources

But Walsh not only confirmed that the FBI can perform the searches itself, she said the bureau does not tally how many communications searches for Americans' data it performs - and apparently mingles these international communications involving Americans with more traditional forms of legally acquired communications, confounding an accounting.

They can even be authorised to "acquire communications about the target that are not to or from the target".

One paragraph mentions that the agency "seeks to acquire communications about the target that are not to or from the target".

This includes communications which Americans send to those under surveillance a cohort likely to have exploded in size after the FISA Amendments Act (FAA) of 2008 gave spooks broad freedom to monitor non-citizens abroad.The FAA states that spies may not "intentionally acquire" communications wholly between Americans.

Sir Paul, a former Lord Justice of Appeal, said: "I have written to all chief constables and directed them to provide me with full details of all investigations that have used Ripa powers to acquire communications data to identify journalistic sources.

"Today I have written to all chief constables and directed them under section 58 (1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (Ripa) to provide me with full details of all investigations that have used Ripa powers to acquire communications data to identify journalistic sources.

The news about Lavabit came on the same day as a story by Charlie Savage, in the Times, in which he followed up on an awkwardly phrased passage in a document supposedly about all the very strict constraints on the N.S.A. when it comes to reading the contents of Americans' e-mails — a reference to "cases where NSA seeks to acquire communications about the target that are not to or from the target".

A new criminal offence of "wilfully or recklessly acquiring communications data", carrying a maximum two-year prison sentence, is being created with the aim of discouraging access abuse of these ICRs.

But the Iraqis seem to have acquired better communications equipment and software to link their radar sites, and also appear to have employed more sophisticated strategies for using that equipment, the officials said.

VMware has acquired social communications platform Socialcast.

In 2007, Google acquired Swedish communications company Marratech to bolster Google Talk and Hangouts for $15 million.