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Four people have been found guilty and given jail terms by a Greek court after a wiretapping scandal shook the country in 2022.

From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026

Assuming they’d followed the law, arranging such surveillance would have involved a number of legal and technical steps, including securing a wiretapping warrant.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2025

The law traces back to a warrantless wiretapping program that President George W. Bush secretly created after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2024

In 1927, there is a case called Olmstead, which is the wiretapping case out of Washington state.

From Slate • Jan. 16, 2024

Saidy suggested that there was an actual plot to keep Fischer from becoming World Champion, and this involved the wiretapping of his parents’ phone.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady