Alaska reports state police conducted no phone wiretaps in 2025

By: James Brooks

Outlets: Alaska Beacon

Published: January 22, 2026

Words: 246

Last Updated: 1 month ago

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Alaska judges approved no police wiretaps of phone lines in 2025, the Alaska Department of Law disclosed in a legally required annual report this month.

The state similarly reported no wiretaps in 2024 or 2023.

The U.S. federal court system has not yet published its list of approved wiretaps for 2025. Its 2024 report doesn’t include any in Alaska; one wiretap, approved by former federal Judge Joshua Kindred, was approved …

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