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Longtime Chicago criminal defense attorney Thomas Anthony Durkin, a fierce advocate for his clients who became nationally known for challenging government overreach on everything from terrorism investigations to electronic surveillance, died Monday after a brief hospitalization.
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Some of the records include transcripts of wiretaps and electronic surveillance.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Decades of unease over the rise of electronic surveillance have primed us to freak out.
—Michael W. Clune, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Within the negotiations, the union’s sticking points include accommodations for injured workers, clearer employee seniority lists, access to cleaner bathrooms and concerns over electronic surveillance.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
But governments also collect, retain, and use more personal data than ever before, as the disclosures last year regarding the extent of the U.S. National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance made abundantly clear.
—Craig Mundie, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Signal jammers will also be set up around the Sistine Chapel to prevent electronic surveillance or communication.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
The exposure of prisoner abuse, meanwhile, in conjunction with the administration’s embrace of torture, rendition, indefinite detention, and ever-increasing electronic surveillance, fed suspicions that the United States was abandoning its values in the quest to save them.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2017
When the girl was being interviewed on the street by police, the younger Henderson allegedly drove by in his Audi, which was tracked by electronic surveillance to Vallejo, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
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Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Some of the records include transcripts of wiretaps and electronic surveillance.
—Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 22 July 2025
Decades of unease over the rise of electronic surveillance have primed us to freak out.
—Michael W. Clune, Harpers Magazine, 16 July 2025
Within the negotiations, the union’s sticking points include accommodations for injured workers, clearer employee seniority lists, access to cleaner bathrooms and concerns over electronic surveillance.
—Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 9 June 2025
But governments also collect, retain, and use more personal data than ever before, as the disclosures last year regarding the extent of the U.S. National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance made abundantly clear.
—Craig Mundie, Foreign Affairs, 12 Feb. 2014
Signal jammers will also be set up around the Sistine Chapel to prevent electronic surveillance or communication.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 6 May 2025
The exposure of prisoner abuse, meanwhile, in conjunction with the administration’s embrace of torture, rendition, indefinite detention, and ever-increasing electronic surveillance, fed suspicions that the United States was abandoning its values in the quest to save them.
—Gideon Rose, Foreign Affairs, 5 July 2017
When the girl was being interviewed on the street by police, the younger Henderson allegedly drove by in his Audi, which was tracked by electronic surveillance to Vallejo, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 22 May 2025
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“Electronic surveillance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electronic%20surveillance. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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