telephone tapping

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telephone tapping

[ˈtɛlɪfəʊnˌtæpɪŋ] nintercettazione f telefonica
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On being asked about the phone-tapping case being handed over to the CBI by the Karnataka Chief Minister, Siddaramaiah said, "Yediyurappa has not said the truth.
Hyderabad: The phone-tapping row between Andhra Pradesh and Telangana took a twist on Thursday, with the Supreme Court directing the Cellular Operators Association to deposit a sealed file with the relevant call records at a district court.
The phone-tapping revelations -- a first for a former president -- caused outrage among Sarkozy's supporters and the focus soon shifted on to whether the Socialist government knew about the taps amid concerns the constitutional separation of powers had been breached.
He also lambasted such American practices as phone-tapping and always deceiving its allies, while he also lambasted lack of balloting paper, despite important elections.
Lord Geoffrey Dear, chief constable of West Midlands during the investigation, is said to refute the suggestion of phone-tapping. His former force is working with the probe.
In 1990, phone-tapping was allowed but would have required an application for a warrant from police to the Home Secretary.
Thurlbeck is a veteran reporter who has brought in some of the News of the World's most famous scoops, while Edmondson was sacked as the paper's assistant editor (news) in January after evidence emerged linking him to phone-tapping.
The Sunday paper was caught up in a storm when the New York Times claimed that its former editor, Andy Coulson, had known that his staff were phone-tapping politicians and celebrities.
HOME Secretary Theresa May said it was "right" for the police to consider any fresh newspaper phone-tapping evidence tonight, amid mounting pressure on David Cameron's communications chief.
In some cases phone-tapping has proved vital in saving lives and bringing about justice, but in other far less serious matters, phone tapping has caused the resignation of a national newspaper editor and led to widespread speculation of its validity.

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