Word: eavesdrop
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However, law enforcement agents may eavesdrop and use what they hear as evidence if the electronic surveillance is limited and is conducted with a judge's permission, the court also held...
Finding Trouble. Though it sometimes leaps to premature conclusions, Aviation Week has always shown a knack for getting the news even when attempts are made to conceal it. The magazine was the first to reveal that U.S. radar had been installed in Tur key to eavesdrop on Soviet ICBM tests. The troubles of the Lockheed F-104 Starfighter were first noted in its pages. The first suggestion that the Russians were installing ballistic missiles in Cuba was published by the magazine. Three months ago, it broke the news that the Soviets were shipping surface-to-surface missiles to North Viet...
...concealed recording device authorized under New York's nine-year-old eavesdrop law had overheard Ralph Berger discussing his part in a bribery scandal that rocked the state's liquor authority four years ago. The question was whether or not the eavesdrop evidence was admissible against him. When the dissents and assents were sorted out last week, Berger was a free man and New York's law was knocked down...
Success in Secrecy. "First," complained Clark, "eavesdropping is authorized without requiring belief that any particular offense has been or is being committed; nor that the property sought -the conversations-be particularly described. This leaves too much to the discretion of the officer executing the order. Secondly, authorization of eavesdropping for a two-month period," which the statute gives, is far too long. "Third, the statute places no termination date on the eavesdrop once the conversation sought is seized. Finally, the statute's procedure, necessarily because its success depends on secrecy, has no requirement for notice as do conventional warrants...
...sport's biggest bills, television more often than not picks up the tab. And sports of all sorts bring out the best of TV-the imagination of its reporters, the skills of its engineers. Parabolic microphones pick up a quarterback's signal changes; they eavesdrop on conversations between a golfer and his caddy. Other gimmicks such as "instant replay," "stop action," and the split screen help to heighten drama and educate the fan in the intricacies of the game...