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The system had an estimated 60,000 users when it shut down abruptly in June 2020, and Europol revealed the following month that law enforcement officials had been intercepting users' communications for months.

From Reuters • Jun. 27, 2023

The task force had been intercepting his phones for almost a year, and the F.B.I. had been investigating him even longer.

From New York Times • Dec. 8, 2022

All summer, U.S. intelligence agencies had been intercepting rumors from Pakistani officials about a possible coup.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 2, 2016

At one point, the United States attorney’s office learned that a wiretap by Mr. Spota’s office had been intercepting phone calls involving F.B.I. agents and federal prosecutors.

From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2016

"I remember now that Davidson told the others he had been intercepting my letters from the Company, and I suppose he got yours too."

From The Claim Jumpers by White, Stewart Edward