Wikileaks: CIA “False Flag” Attack Likely Used To Plant Evidence For Trump Tower Wiretap

The first “false flag” operation conducted by the CIA’s UMBRAGE program – exposed by Wikileaks’ release of the “Vault 7” documents – may have involved planting “proof” that led to the approval of a request to wiretap Trump Tower last October.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Armored police walk through the lobby of Trump Tower in New York. (AP/Andrew Harnik)

WASHINGTON, DC – Like many of the scandals and controversies involving President Trump, it all started with a tweet. Last Saturday, Trump made a daring accusation against his predecessor Barack Obama, accusing Obama of wiretapping his campaign headquarters in Trump Tower in the months prior to the contentious 2016 election. While the former

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US Sues Sprint Over Company’s Wiretap Expenses

Communication companies ordered by courts to intercept customers’ communications are allowed to recoup the cost of installing and maintaining the wiretaps.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
A police investigator shows a wiretapping device and a tape recorder. (AP Photo)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Federal officials filed a lawsuit Monday alleging that Sprint Communications Inc. overbilled government agencies $21 million for wiretap services. The lawsuit filed federal court in San Francisco alleges that that subsidiary of Sprint Corp. collected unallowable expenses from the FBI, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and

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To Cope With Sequester, The Justice Department Staffs Unpaid Attorneys

The Department of Justice currently employs 96 unpaid attorneys in U.S. attorney offices across the country.

Christie Thompson
By Christie Thompson
The Justice Department in Washington is seen on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2001. ( AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

The Department of Justice has an opening for what could be a dream job for many newly minted lawyers: serving as a special attorney in the Office of Enforcement Operations. Among other responsibilities, the new hire could be helping the Electronic Surveillance Unit review applications for wiretaps in major federal criminal investigations. But

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Secret Court Approves 100% Of U.S. Government Requests For Surveillance Of Citizens

A new report has experts worried this could be the textbook definition of “carte blanche” when it comes to domestic spying.

Katie Rucke
By Katie Rucke

A report released this week from the Justice Department showed that a secret federal court approved all 1,856 requests last year to physically search and/or electronically surveil people in the United States for “foreign intelligence purposes.” Established under the Nixon administration, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court gets its

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