had been wiretapping

• past perfect progressive

  past perfect progressive

  Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.

  of wiretap.
  wiretap

  noun

  an act or instance of tapping telephone or telegraph wires for evidence or other information.

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