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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz during a press conference during the second North Sea Summit, with Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, in Oostende, Monday 24 April 2023. The ambition is to harness the full energy and industrial potential of the North Sea to accelerate offshore wind energy efforts and make the North Sea the largest green power plant in Europe. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz press conference after the European Summit, in Brussel's, Belgium on 21 October 2022, - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Aleksiej Witwicki/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Handout photo of the Taurus KEPD 350, a Swedish-German air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by Taurus Systems and used by Germany, Spain, and South Korea. A Russian military expert has warned that the German-Swedish Taurus KEPD 350 air-to-ground long-range cruise missile can threaten leading Russian Air Defense (AD) systems and could be fired from existing Ukrainian Su-27 and Su-24 fighters. More heavier and longer in range than the Storm Shadow and its French analog, the SCALP-EG, the Taurus could seriously threaten and damage Russian supply lines and command centers in the rear. Ukraine has urged Germany to deliver its Taurus cruise missiles, with several Ukrainian officials stressing the importance of the missiles in the fight against Russia. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first p

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz during a joint press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine on June 16, 2022. The leaders of major EU powers France, Germany and Italy vowed on June 16 to help Ukraine defeat Russia and to rebuild its shattered cities, in a visit to a war-torn Kyiv suburb. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Eliot Blondet/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Chancellor of Germany Olaf Scholz during a press conference during the second North Sea Summit, with Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, the United Kingdom, and Belgium, in Oostende, Monday 24 April 2023. The ambition is to harness the full energy and industrial potential of the North Sea to accelerate offshore wind energy efforts and make the North Sea the largest green power plant in Europe. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Handout photo of the Taurus KEPD 350, a Swedish-German air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by Taurus Systems and used by Germany, Spain, and South Korea. A Russian military expert has warned that the German-Swedish Taurus KEPD 350 air-to-ground long-range cruise missile can threaten leading Russian Air Defense (AD) systems and could be fired from existing Ukrainian Su-27 and Su-24 fighters. More heavier and longer in range than the Storm Shadow and its French analog, the SCALP-EG, the Taurus could seriously threaten and damage Russian supply lines and command centers in the rear. Ukraine has urged Germany to deliver its Taurus cruise missiles, with several Ukrainian officials stressing the importance of the missiles in the fight against Russia. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first p

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Handout photo of the Taurus KEPD 350, a Swedish-German air-launched cruise missile, manufactured by Taurus Systems and used by Germany, Spain, and South Korea. A Russian military expert has warned that the German-Swedish Taurus KEPD 350 air-to-ground long-range cruise missile can threaten leading Russian Air Defense (AD) systems and could be fired from existing Ukrainian Su-27 and Su-24 fighters. More heavier and longer in range than the Storm Shadow and its French analog, the SCALP-EG, the Taurus could seriously threaten and damage Russian supply lines and command centers in the rear. Ukraine has urged Germany to deliver its Taurus cruise missiles, with several Ukrainian officials stressing the importance of the missiles in the fight against Russia. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first p

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Germany Probes Russian Wiretapping

File photo - Germany Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrives for the North Sea summit in Ostend, on April 24, 2023. Nine European countries are holding a summit on April 24 aimed at scaling up wind power generation in the North Sea, spurred by the fall-out of the Ukraine war and the push for renewables. - The German Defense Ministry has announced that it is investigating possible wiretapping of confidential discussions between high-ranking officers of its air force on the war in Ukraine, which were broadcast on social networks on Friday, and first posted online by the editor-in-chief of the Russian state channel RT Margarita Simonyan. Photo by Raphael Lafargue/ABACAPRESS.COM

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GREECE-ATHENS-PARLIAMENT-MOTION OF CENSURE

(230127) -- ATHENS, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Photo taken on Jan. 27, 2023 shows a view of the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece. A motion of censure against the Greek government over allegations of extensive wiretapping was outvoted on Friday, Greek national broadcaster ERT has reported. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-ATHENS-PARLIAMENT-MOTION OF CENSURE

(230127) -- ATHENS, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis addresses Parliament in Athens, Greece, on Jan. 27, 2023. A motion of censure against the Greek government over allegations of extensive wiretapping was outvoted on Friday, Greek national broadcaster ERT has reported. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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GREECE-ATHENS-PARLIAMENT-MOTION OF CENSURE

(230127) -- ATHENS, Jan. 27, 2023 (Xinhua) -- SYRIZA-Progressive Alliance leader Alexis Tsipras (Front) addresses the Greek Parliament in Athens, Greece, on Jan. 27, 2023. A motion of censure against the Greek government over allegations of extensive wiretapping was outvoted on Friday, Greek national broadcaster ERT has reported. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)

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S. Korea's intelligence agency admits to wiretapping

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's National Intelligence Service chief Kim Seung Kyu speaks to reporters about illegal wiretapping under the administration of former President Kim Dae Jung at the headquarters of the agency in Seoul on Aug. 5.

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Opponents protest enactment of wiretapping bills

TOKYO, Japan - People opposing the controversial wiretapping bills shout their protest outside the Diet (parliament) building Aug. 12 as the House of Councillors votes the legislative package into law.

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Opposition resort to 'ox-walk' tactics

TOKYO, Japan - In a last-ditch effort to delay voting on the controversial wiretapping bills Aug. 12, opposition Diet members employ the ''ox-walk'' tactics, in which they deliberately walk slowly from their seats to cast their ballots.

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Diet enacts wiretapping legislation

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors passes into law Aug. 12 a set of bills that will allow law enforcement authorities to wiretap in investigations into organized crime. Opposition members throw their fists in protest while ruling coalition members clap hands in celebration.

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DPJ submits no-confidence motion against Obuchi cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan, leader of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, meets the press at the Diet building in Tokyo at midnight Aug. 10 after submitting a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in a move to block a set of controversial wiretapping bills becoming law.

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Opposition parties protest ramming of wiretap bills through pane

TOKYO, Japan - Opposition party parliamentarians of the House of Councillors committee on judicial affairs hold up six-kanji reading, ''We oppose the forced passage (of the wiretap bills)'' on Aug. 9. The protest was held after the Liberal Democratic Party, the Liberal Party and New Komeito party railroaded a set of bills enabling wiretapping in the investigation of organized crime through the committee.

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Public hearing held on wiretapping bills

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroshi Murahashi, a lawyer, Makoto Sataka and Rieko Suzuki, both commentators, speak at the first public hearing held by the House of Councillors Committee on Judicial Affair on Aug. 4 on a package of bills allowing wiretapping in investigations into organized crime.

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8,000 people protest bill on wiretapping

Some 8,000 people attend a gathering in Tokyo on June 24 to protest against the bill to legalize wiretapping by police. At the rally in the Hibiya Park, they were carrying placards that say, ''No to the wiretapping law.''

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Wiretapping bills okayed after opposition walkout

With members of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and the Social Democratic Party having walked out of the lower house's plenary session in protest, the House of Representatives approves June 1 a package of three bills that would allow wiretapping in investigations into organized crime.

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Ex-Takefuji Chairman Takei found guilty on wiretapping charges

TOKYO, Japan - The Tokyo District Court on Nov. 17 sentenced Yasuo Takei (file photo), founder and former chairman of major consumer loan provider Takefuji Corp., to three years in prison, suspended for four years, on charges of ordering subordinates to wiretap journalists. (Kyodo)

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(1)Yasuo Takei

TOKYO, Japan - Portrait of Yasuo Takei, former chairman of consumer loan company Takefuji Corp. He was arrested Dec. 2 for alleged wiretapping. The photo was taken Dec. 8, 2003. (Kyodo)

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Japan enacts law for mandatory recording of suspect questioning

Japanese Justice Minister Mitsuhide Iwaki (front) bows during a plenary session of the House of Representatives in Tokyo on May 24, 2016, following the enactment of legislation to make a series of changes to criminal proceedings, including obligating police and prosecutors to record interrogations of suspects and expanding the scope of wiretapping by investigators. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's intelligence agency admits to wiretapping

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's National Intelligence Service chief Kim Seung Kyu speaks to reporters about illegal wiretapping under the administration of former President Kim Dae Jung at the headquarters of the agency in Seoul on Aug. 5. (Kyodo)

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Opposition resort to 'ox-walk' tactics

TOKYO, Japan - In a last-ditch effort to delay voting on the controversial wiretapping bills Aug. 12, opposition Diet members employ the ''ox-walk'' tactics, in which they deliberately walk slowly from their seats to cast their ballots.

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Opponents protest enactment of wiretapping bills

TOKYO, Japan - People opposing the controversial wiretapping bills shout their protest outside the Diet (parliament) building Aug. 12 as the House of Councillors votes the legislative package into law.

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Diet enacts wiretapping legislation+

TOKYO, Japan - The House of Councillors passes into law Aug. 12 a set of bills that will allow law enforcement authorities to wiretap in investigations into organized crime. Opposition members throw their fists in protest while ruling coalition members clap hands in celebration.

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DPJ submits no-confidence motion against Obuchi cabinet

TOKYO, Japan - Naoto Kan, leader of the largest opposition Democratic Party of Japan, meets the press at the Diet building in Tokyo at midnight Aug. 10 after submitting a no-confidence motion against the cabinet of Prime Minister Keizo Obuchi in a move to block a set of controversial wiretapping bills becoming law.

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Public hearing held on wiretapping bills

TOKYO, Japan - (From L to R) Hiroshi Murahashi, a lawyer, Makoto Sataka and Rieko Suzuki, both commentators, speak at the first public hearing held by the House of Councillors Committee on Judicial Affair on Aug. 4 on a package of bills allowing wiretapping in investigations into organized crime.

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8,000 people protest bill on wiretapping

Some 8,000 people attend a gathering in Tokyo on June 24 to protest against the bill to legalize wiretapping by police. At the rally in the Hibiya Park, they were carrying placards that say, ''No to the wiretapping law.''

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8,000 people protest bill on wiretapping

Some 8,000 people attend a gathering in Tokyo on June 24 to protest against the bill to legalize wiretapping by police. At the rally in the Hibiya Park, they were carrying placards that say, ''No to the wiretapping law.''

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Wiretapping bills okayed after opposition walkout

With members of the main opposition Democratic Party of Japan and the Social Democratic Party having walked out of the lower house's plenary session in protest, the House of Representatives approves June 1 a package of three bills that would allow wiretapping in investigations into organized crime.