I worked mob cases across all five families. I transcribed wiretaps from payphones. Not once did anyone say “86” when they meant kill.
April 30, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I worked mob cases across all five families. I transcribed wiretaps from payphones. Not once did anyone say “86” when they meant kill.
Pete Hegseth’s illegal wiretaps.
May 28, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Pete Hegseth’s illegal wiretaps.
suspected breach of FBI network used to house "wiretaps and intelligence surveillance warrants." 👀👀👀
FBI investigating ‘suspicious’ cyber activities on critical surveillance network | CNN Politics
The FBI identified a suspected cybersecurity breach on a sensitive network used to manage wiretaps and intelligence surveillance warrants, and officials working to determine the seriousness of the inc...
www.cnn.com
March 5, 2026 at 8:02 PM
suspected breach of FBI network used to house "wiretaps and intelligence surveillance warrants." 👀👀👀
NEW: Jack Smith has responded to Chuck Grassley and the Senate Judiciary, and it's 🔥🔥🔥
Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:
1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/
Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:
1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/
October 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: Jack Smith has responded to Chuck Grassley and the Senate Judiciary, and it's 🔥🔥🔥
Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:
1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/
Jack Smith reminds Chuck Grassley:
1. Toll records aren't wiretaps
2. Trump's DOJ got toll records on Schiff and Swallwell and 43 congressional staffers
3. Hur got toll records in the Biden investigation 1/
if you wanna see wild deep state shit, just watch and try to wrap your head around the list of democrats who vote this month to let tulsi gabbard and kash patel use wiretaps without a warrant
April 13, 2026 at 8:19 PM
if you wanna see wild deep state shit, just watch and try to wrap your head around the list of democrats who vote this month to let tulsi gabbard and kash patel use wiretaps without a warrant
"...and our twelve wiretaps go to… Mooooooooooontenegro!"
August 5, 2026 at 12:03 PM
"...and our twelve wiretaps go to… Mooooooooooontenegro!"
nonzero chance the FBI is plugging LLMs into wiretap data under the legal theory AI alone can’t implicate 4th amendment concerns (semi-known 702 issue). or the NSA has now hard coded wiretaps across all newly built US data centers due to expanded ECSP scope. or probably both.
I sent a classified letter to House and Senate colleagues about a secret interpretation of surveillance law that every American should be concerned about.
Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.
Representative Massie is right. The Constitution requires EVERY member to vote against a clean reauthorization.
April 17, 2026 at 12:14 AM
nonzero chance the FBI is plugging LLMs into wiretap data under the legal theory AI alone can’t implicate 4th amendment concerns (semi-known 702 issue). or the NSA has now hard coded wiretaps across all newly built US data centers due to expanded ECSP scope. or probably both.
2004 when they hid Bush's warrantless wiretaps to help hm win.
November 12, 2025 at 10:24 PM
2004 when they hid Bush's warrantless wiretaps to help hm win.
Going live at 6:30 pm ET on Substack with @hugolowell.bsky.social on his exclusive reporting for The Guardian on possible illegal wiretaps in Pete Hegseth’s Dept. of Defense.
See you then!
See you then!
May 29, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Going live at 6:30 pm ET on Substack with @hugolowell.bsky.social on his exclusive reporting for The Guardian on possible illegal wiretaps in Pete Hegseth’s Dept. of Defense.
See you then!
See you then!
New record for number of wiretaps
April 8, 2026 at 3:47 AM
New record for number of wiretaps
Oh for heaven’s sake🙈
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Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps
Huawei will manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in Spain, under a contract that bucks the trend of Western governments restricting use of the Chinese tech company's products and services.
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July 12, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Oh for heaven’s sake🙈
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Nixon and Kissinger had to make people go and actually install wiretaps to listen in on journalists and their enemies. Imagine if they could just slide into your DMs.
March 16, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Nixon and Kissinger had to make people go and actually install wiretaps to listen in on journalists and their enemies. Imagine if they could just slide into your DMs.
There are states that don’t take security seriously, states that really don’t take security seriously, and states that really really don’t take security seriously.
And then there is Spain.
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And then there is Spain.
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Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps
Huawei will manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in Spain, under a contract that bucks the trend of Western governments restricting use of the Chinese tech company's products and services.
therecord.media
July 12, 2025 at 12:53 PM
There are states that don’t take security seriously, states that really don’t take security seriously, and states that really really don’t take security seriously.
And then there is Spain.
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And then there is Spain.
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Dan Goldman voted for warrantless wiretaps. He has repeatedly enabled the federal government’s expansive use of surveillance powers.
I will never play fast and loose with your civil liberties. I’ve always stood up for constitutional privacy rights and always will.
I will never play fast and loose with your civil liberties. I’ve always stood up for constitutional privacy rights and always will.
April 14, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Dan Goldman voted for warrantless wiretaps. He has repeatedly enabled the federal government’s expansive use of surveillance powers.
I will never play fast and loose with your civil liberties. I’ve always stood up for constitutional privacy rights and always will.
I will never play fast and loose with your civil liberties. I’ve always stood up for constitutional privacy rights and always will.
Wiretaps? They don't need no stinkin wiretaps! He texts them directly!
April 23, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Wiretaps? They don't need no stinkin wiretaps! He texts them directly!
Nonzero chance Trump’s ballroom burns down in an electrical fire because it’s approximately 80% wiretaps by weight
March 21, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Nonzero chance Trump’s ballroom burns down in an electrical fire because it’s approximately 80% wiretaps by weight
By the way, this was the Bush administration's argument in support of warrantless wiretaps.
Mike Johnson speaks out against the use of judicial warrants in immigration cases:
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
"Imagine if we had to go through the process of getting a judicial warrant"
February 3, 2026 at 4:33 PM
By the way, this was the Bush administration's argument in support of warrantless wiretaps.
fingertips, wiretaps, needles, all the better to help you with
February 27, 2026 at 10:40 PM
fingertips, wiretaps, needles, all the better to help you with
Your smart speakers are wiretaps that benefit an evil bald billionaire.
July 13, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Your smart speakers are wiretaps that benefit an evil bald billionaire.
My opponent voted with Republicans in 2024 to allow warrantless wiretaps, enabling the government to surveil people without warrants.
Glad to see a bipartisan effort to roll back the surveillance state & force the FBI to get a warrant to read Americans’ messages. (1/2)
Glad to see a bipartisan effort to roll back the surveillance state & force the FBI to get a warrant to read Americans’ messages. (1/2)
March 14, 2026 at 4:12 PM
My opponent voted with Republicans in 2024 to allow warrantless wiretaps, enabling the government to surveil people without warrants.
Glad to see a bipartisan effort to roll back the surveillance state & force the FBI to get a warrant to read Americans’ messages. (1/2)
Glad to see a bipartisan effort to roll back the surveillance state & force the FBI to get a warrant to read Americans’ messages. (1/2)
I just found out he was doing some illegal wiretaps last week. Its truly a time
June 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
I just found out he was doing some illegal wiretaps last week. Its truly a time
Wow. Spain is putting salt typhoon out of business. They are just going to hand it all to them: Huawei contracted to manage their wiretaps….
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Spain awards Huawei contracts to manage intelligence agency wiretaps
Huawei will manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in Spain, under a contract that bucks the trend of Western governments restricting use of the Chinese tech company's products and services.
therecord.media
July 12, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wow. Spain is putting salt typhoon out of business. They are just going to hand it all to them: Huawei contracted to manage their wiretaps….
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So they were planning an illegal coup in Central America to seize the Panama Canal (war crime); but somebody illegally leaked the coup plans; but some other guys conducted illegal wiretaps on the leakers. But no worries: they’re illegally covering up the wiretaps. Got it??
May 27, 2025 at 10:20 PM
So they were planning an illegal coup in Central America to seize the Panama Canal (war crime); but somebody illegally leaked the coup plans; but some other guys conducted illegal wiretaps on the leakers. But no worries: they’re illegally covering up the wiretaps. Got it??
WTH. 🤦🏻♀️
Hegseth senior adviser allegedly lied to Hegseth’s Chief of Staff and personal lawyer that there were illegal NSA wiretaps of the leakers of classified material…
These people are such a joke.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hegseth senior adviser allegedly lied to Hegseth’s Chief of Staff and personal lawyer that there were illegal NSA wiretaps of the leakers of classified material…
These people are such a joke.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hegseth aide upended Pentagon leak inquiry with false wiretap claims
Exclusive: ex-Doge staffer Justin Fulcher suggested he had evidence of wiretap that would help investigation
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 1:08 AM
WTH. 🤦🏻♀️
Hegseth senior adviser allegedly lied to Hegseth’s Chief of Staff and personal lawyer that there were illegal NSA wiretaps of the leakers of classified material…
These people are such a joke.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Hegseth senior adviser allegedly lied to Hegseth’s Chief of Staff and personal lawyer that there were illegal NSA wiretaps of the leakers of classified material…
These people are such a joke.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Which ironically is how actual mob bosses talk. Like Gotto is pretty blunt on the FBI wiretaps
Trump derives joy from depriving people of even the barest shred of dignity. He doesn't like subtlety, if he were a mob boss he'd say shit like "I want you to take Carlos for a little ride... out to the woods, and then shoot him in the head seven times."
March 21, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Which ironically is how actual mob bosses talk. Like Gotto is pretty blunt on the FBI wiretaps