Domestic branches use the information as a starting point in asking for federal wiretaps and surveillance.

There is a single known exception, thanks to federal wiretaps.

A 1962 federal wiretap determined that Bruno's mob used the "secure" phone in Palumbo's for most of their dealings.

This information originally came to the attention of authorities from a federal wiretap.

(La Cosa Nostra) As a result, Connolly was under 24 hour surveillance and the subject of numerous federal wiretaps.

Reportedly, some of this information came to light from a federal wiretap.

A former FBI agent said that Giancana had been under a federal wiretap, so these multiple meetings with Kennedy would have been impossible to cover up.

Three days later, the Boston Herald reported that, according to information collected from federal wiretaps, both umpires had problems paying off their gambling debts.

Last week the White House proposed some limited changes to the federal wiretap and electronic privacy laws that would raise legal standards for government interception of e-mail.

Johnson later also placed his Republican challenger, Barry Goldwater, under FBI surveillance, with a federal wiretap.