In fairness, there is not a trace of evidence that Mr. Clinton has stolen public money, carried on with women in the White House or ordered wiretaps of his enemies.

Fantino was criticized for ordering wiretaps of Brant's phone without proper authority and for making provocative comments to Brant during negotiations to end a blockade of the rail line west of Kingston.

On March 16, 1998, former Peruvian Army Intelligence Agent Luisa Zanatta accused Montesinos of ordering illegal wiretaps of leading politicians and journalists.

Once Japan's most profitable consumer finance company, Takefuji's reputation has been tarnished since founder and former chairman Yasuo Takei pleaded guilty in 2004 to charges he ordered illegal wiretaps on journalists.

With Jimmy you can't take much comfort in the formalities of magistrates and judicially ordered wiretaps.

Those measures would make it easier to order wiretaps, hold suspects longer, block roads or cancel train or air travel.

Pearlman is outraged with the audacity of the company in selling a phone that can be used anonymously and is well suited to drug traffickers and then holding up court ordered wiretaps.

He took the stand as a criminal defendant at the Supreme Court in Madrid, where he was charged with overstepping his jurisdiction by ordering wiretaps of jailhouse conversations between three defendants and their lawyers.

Brody expressed disbelief that Judge Garzón was the first judge in Spain to be put on trial for ordering wiretaps.

Mr. Takei, who was arrested Dec. 2 on suspicion of ordering illegal wiretaps, has since resigned.