Historical clue formulations

• Idle gossip — 2020-06-28
• Surveillance pickup — 2013-09-10
• Say "Hey, batter batter batter" and such — 2010-12-15
• A lot of foreign intelligence intercepts — 2008-02-16
• Teeth do it — 2007-12-02
• Prate — 2002-10-17
• Talk a blue streak — 2001-12-10