Sentences with phrase «of federal wiretapping»

The provisions of the Federal Wiretapping or Electronic Communications Privacy Act do not specifically pertain to video surveillance in the workplace.

Adam Skelos complained, according to a transcript of a federal wiretap of the call.

In conjunction with each other, this combination of information proved to be particularly sensitive to the plaintiffs, who claimed a violation of the Federal Wiretap Act, intrusion upon seclusion, and unjust enrichment,

Not only did the family law court rule that the recordings were inadmissible, but the husband («Duke») sued the wife («Dianna») in federal court for, among other things, violation of the federal Wiretap Act.

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Barely two hours after NBC News reported that federal investigators had wiretapped the phone of Michael Cohen, President Trump's personal attorney, Giuliani told The Daily Beast that he doesn't think Cohen's phone lines were actually ever compromised.

Federal investigators wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump's personal lawyer who is under investigation for a payment he made to Stormy Daniels, the adult - film actress who alleged she had an affair with Trump, NBC News reported Thursday.

NBC's report that federal investigators wiretapped the phones of President Trump's longtime personal lawyer — and intercepted a call between Cohen and the White House — is the latest in a string of reports that reveal the broad scope of the federal government's investigation.

In order to wiretap Cohen, federal investigators would have to have convincing evidence that there is a possibility of an ongoing crime; wiretaps additionally all require approval from a federal judge.

NBC News dropped something of a bombshell on Thursday afternoon, reporting that federal investigators wiretapped President Donald Trump's personal...

Rudy Giuliani said Thursday he's skeptical of an NBC report that said federal investigators wiretapped Michael Cohen's phones and blamed the leak on the Justice Department.

NEW YORK (AP)- NBC News corrected a story Thursday that said federal investigators had placed a wiretap on the phone lines of President Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, saying it subsequently learned that the feds were only monitoring the source of calls and weren't listening in.

WASHINGTON / NEW YORK Federal investigators kept logs of the phone lines of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, NBC News said on Thursday, correcting an earlier story that said the lines were wiretapped to allow investigators to hear the calls.

NBC News corrected a story Thursday that said federal investigators had placed a wiretap on the phone lines of President Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, saying it subsequently learned that the feds were only monitoring the source of calls and weren't listening in.

WASHINGTON / NEW YORK (Reuters)- Federal investigators kept logs of the phone lines of President Donald Trump's personal lawyer Michael Cohen, NBC News said on Thursday, correcting an earlier story that said the lines were wiretapped to allow investigators to hear the calls.

The exchange was one of several wiretapped calls played on the first full day of testimony at the trial in federal court in Manhattan of Dean Skelos, 67, and Adam Skelos, 33, both of Rockville Centre, on charges they conspired to extort companies to hire Adam and used Dean's legislative power to help him succeed.

Through these two witnesses and wiretaps, the federal authorities describe various dramatic situations in which large sums of cash were traded by for political favors.

In a more extensive use of a wiretap by Spota's office, the federal investigators are seeking to determine if information gleaned on a wiretap on Macedonio was used only to convict Macedonio of drug possession, while other information involving possible fraud by Macedonio, political corruption in the county and possible illegal activities by a member of Spota's staff, was ignored, sources said.

Spota said his office had turned over boxes of documents and recordings of wiretaps to federal prosecutors under a subpoena.

A federal judge handed indicted Albany politician Dean Skelos a pile of legal defeats Tuesday, tossing out his motion to dismiss two of his corruption charges and ruling that prosecutors can use all the evidence they scored by wiretapping his cellphone, new court papers state.

NEW YORK — Federal investigators have begun wiretapping a new set of potential targets as a result of the probe that led to the indictment off former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, DNAinfo has learned.

But federal authorities were «already listening to numerous people in various places» on unrelated investigations before looking into Silver, and his «case provided a bunch of new places to wiretap,» a law enforcement source told «On The Inside.»

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated.

«Federal investigators have wiretapped the phone lines of Michael Cohen, the longtime personal lawyer for President Donald Trump,» NBC reported, claiming that at least one of the recorded calls was between Cohen and the White House.

The IDC, (minus Sen. Tony Avella, who's testifying), issued a statement in response to questions about a wiretapped conversation played yesterday at the federal corruption trial of former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, saying (in part): «We can not speculate on the motives of Sen. Skelos.»

Skelos was so furious at Cuomo's adoption of anti-fracking rules last Dec. 17 that kept Adam from cashing in that the two discussed a possible run for governor by the senator to «kick» Cuomo's behind, according to a wiretap played at their federal corruption trial.

In the federal criminal case, Percoco and Howe, a lobbyist who previously was an adviser to Cuomo at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, used private email accounts that, according to a person involved in the case, are highly incriminating and on par with a wiretap in terms of their prosecutorial weight.

CALEA's purpose is to enhance the ability of law enforcement agencies to conduct electronic surveillance by requiring that telecommunications carriers and manufacturers of telecommunications equipment modify and design their equipment, facilities, and services to ensure that they have built - in surveillance capabilities, allowing federal agencies to wiretap any telephone traffic; it has since been extended to cover broadband internet and VoIP traffic.

Skelos also said he would direct the county on how to spend $ 17 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds for post-superstorm Sandy flood mitigation, according to the wiretapped conversation played Tuesday at the federal corruption trial of Skelos and his father, Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville CFederal Emergency Management Agency funds for post-superstorm Sandy flood mitigation, according to the wiretapped conversation played Tuesday at the federal corruption trial of Skelos and his father, Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Cfederal corruption trial of Skelos and his father, Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre).

Federal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ongoing federalFederal authorities have interviewed several individuals involved in the Suffolk County District Attorney's Office's 2007 wiretap investigation of politically connected defense attorney Robert Macedonio and are examining whether an alleged bribe to prosecutor John Scott Prudenti went uninvestigated, according to a source with direct knowledge of the ongoing federalfederal probe.

Federal authorities used a wiretap and caught Skelos bragging about the extent of his influence, saying on the call that as senate president and majority leader «I'm going to control everything,» including who sits on which committees, which legislation makes it to the floor and the budget.

In addition to the Burke - Loeb case, Newsday has reported that the comprehensive federal scrutiny of Spota's office has included whether there was anything unlawful in the handling of the investigation into the shooting of Huntington Station taxi driver Thomas Moroughan by an off - duty Nassau County police officer; the circumstances under which former Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy gave up a $ 4.1 - million - dollar campaign chest to the district attorney's office, and also agreed not to run for re-election; the legality of a wiretap placed on the phone of former Suffolk detective John Oliva; the resolution of the criminal case against well - known Suffolk criminal lawyer Robert Macedonio; the office's distribution of asset - forfeiture money; and the investigation into a number of political associates of Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone.

Such wiretapped exchanges are expected to play a central role when the Skeloses go on trial in federal court in Manhattan starting Monday in a case that is at its core about the stunning lengths a father will go to help his son, alleging that one of New York's most powerful men «monetized» his office in a bid to get his child's career on track.

Three weeks deep into the corruption trials of both Skeloses — and a day after a jury convicted former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver in parallel proceedings — federal prosecutors continued to air audio obtained through wiretaps.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating the possibility that board members were the victims of illegal wiretaps.

Public Safety Canada is required to issue a report to Parliament each year about requests by law enforcement on behalf of the federal government for traditional intercepts, such as wiretaps.

The Court Standing to Challenge US Wiretapping Law Denied: Clapper, Director of National Intelligence et al v Amnesty International USA et al On 26 February 2013, the United States Supreme Court (USSC)-LRB-(568 US)(2013)-RRB- upheld the federal law that enables the government to perform surveillance on Americans» phone and email communications with people outside the United States.

Lead counsel in the prosecution of various computer crimes cases pursuant to the Federal Wiretap Act, the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Electronic Storage Act, and state computer crimes laws.

Applicable Federal legislation includes the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968, the wiretap provisions in S. 2510 - 2525 of the Stored Wire Communications Act (the «Wiretap Act»), Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, and Communications Decenwiretap provisions in S. 2510 - 2525 of the Stored Wire Communications Act (the «Wiretap Act»), Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, and Communications DecenWiretap Act»), Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986, and Communications Decency Act.

After seizing 7 guns and a large quantity of methamphetamine during the execution of the search warrant, in a addition to the seizures made after agents listened to the hundreds of hours of wiretaps, his client was facing 40 years or more in federal custody.

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If an individual is in favor of network neutrality and also wary of overzealous government wiretapping, he or she must be careful to not allow advocacy of federal power in one arena (enforcing network neutrality) to bleed over, even by analogy, to advocay of federal power in the other arena (surveillance).

A settlement was reached late last year in a California class action brought by Daniel Matera and Susan Rashkis, who accused Google of violating federal wiretapping and state privacy laws by scanning non-Gmail accounts for advertising purposes.