Sentence examples for wiretapping operation from inspiring English sources

The interior ministry confirmed last week that a wiretapping operation codenamed "Gorilla" took place, and that it was legal.

But officials have said he was not referring to the National Security Agency's wiretapping operation or to the Treasury Department's bank monitoring program, both of which he was informed about.

The divide widened after the ruling VMRO-DPMNE conservative party was accused of repressions against journalists and of conducting an illegal wiretapping operation to monitor up to 20,000 people, including some of the party's own ministers.

In this case, the report said, he misrepresented both the law and the details of the wiretapping operation to make it seem as if the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was outdated and that Mr. Bush could ignore it.

Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence, defended the agency's wiretapping operation in a statement Thursday as "vital work" in protecting national security, but he acknowledged that "on occasion, N.S.A. has made mistakes and intercepted the wrong communications".

Mr. Christensen, 67, a founding partner of the leading entertainment litigation firm that bears his name, is the first Hollywood power player to be convicted in the six-year investigation and legal proceedings surrounding Mr. Pellicano's wiretapping operation.

documents give no indication that departments have conducted actual wiretapping operations — listening to phone calls — without court warrants required under federal law.

Perhaps the most important concession that Democratic leaders claimed was an affirmation that the intelligence restrictions were the "exclusive" means for the executive branch to conduct wiretapping operations in terrorism and espionage cases.

Perhaps the most important concession that Democratic leaders claimed in the proposal was a reaffirmation that the intelligence protocols are the "exclusive" means for the executive branch to conduct wiretapping operations in terrorism and espionage cases.

In May, 2010, President Colom chose a new Attorney General, who, according to CICIG, promptly fired honest prosecutors, seized control over agents' wiretap operations, and shelved sensitive cases.

A lawsuit was filed in federal court in New Jersey challenging the agency's wiretapping operations.