The National Security Agency "has hidden the fact the one of its planes was overhead at the time of the incident, eavesdropping on what was going on below," he wrote.
Alone in the studio, it is easy to forget that millions of people will soon be eavesdropping on what feels like a confidential exchange.
There were seven such pie-shaped rooms, all locked, around a circular corridor where loud Hawaiian music played, presumably, the astronomers joked, to prevent eavesdropping on what was occurring in the rooms.
And, Mr. DiSpirito said, "we started directing our waiters to bring a surprise to our guests by eavesdropping on what they were thinking about ordering but didn't, like wine or dessert".
I can only suppose that years of listening to people talk, of hearing them tell their stories, have given her the same flair Bethia has for eavesdropping on what's going on around her and learning much more than her companions realize.
Toyota is among a number of marketers that are doing more than just eavesdropping on what is being said about their companies and their brands online: They are tapping company insiders, like Ertmann, to host and jump in on Internet chatfests held on blogs, message boards, social networks and product-review sites.
They engaged in public opinion gathering by eavesdropping on what Germans talked about in shops and on city streets.
In the third act, for example, when Iago tricks Otello into eavesdropping on what he believes is Cassio admitting an affair with Desdemona, the three singers wander from one wall to another like they were playing hide-and-seek.
For students, it was now like being at a giant, open party filled with everyone you know, able to eavesdrop on what everyone else was saying, all the time.
Look closely and you'll even see a little black desk partition (or is it the headmaster's cane?) dividing Team May, Javid and Morgan from Cameron, Osborne and McVey; the former three leaning in, as if desperately trying to eavesdrop on what the boss is explaining to his chief prefect.
