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Suspicious phone conversations on Skype could be targeted for tapping as part of a pan-European crackdown on what law authorities believe is a massive technical loophole in current wiretapping laws, allowing criminals to communicate without fear of being overheard by the police. The European investigation could also help U.S. law enforcement authorities gain access to Internet calls. The National Security Agency (NSA) is understood to believe that suspected terrorists use Skype to circumvent detection. While the police can get a court order to tap a suspect's land line and mobile phone, it is currently impossible to get a similar order...

<p>Authorities intercepted a package bomb sent to a European police agency Tuesday, as authorities investigated an anarchist group as possibly behind a series of explosives mailed to officials in three countries.</p> <p>A bomb squad in The Hague disarmed the most recent explosive, a parcel sent to Eurojust, a European Union agency that helps coordinate international criminal prosecutions.</p>