21.   He believes the FBI is tapping his phone.

22.   He says he was followed by FBI agents, his phone was tapped, his garbage was examined.

23.   He thinks the office phones are tapped.

24.   He said friends were afraid to call him at home, fearing his phone had been tapped.

25.   House, Senate and White House negotiators reached an agreement Thursday on legislation to expand police powers to tap phones and monitor e-mail and Internet use by suspected terrorists.

26.   I was followed by the security police for several months, my phone was tapped, and they harassed me.

27.   In turn, the FBI tipped them off to investigations, warned them away from fellow criminals whose phones were tapped, bought them Christmas presents.

28.   Indonesian activists suspect that their phones are tapped, and some worry that their e-mail is monitored, too.

29.   It would have allowed authorities to tap phones, curtail travel and restrict business operations, Vice President Enrique Bolanos argued last week.