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U.S. Wiretapping Surges 19%

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the uncle-sam-is-listening dept.

linuxwrangler writes "Court authorized wiretaps in the U.S. surged 19% in 2004 to 1,710. Court orders relating to terror-related investigations are not included in the wiretap statistics and those warrants reached a record 1,754 last year. Apparently judges have found that law enforcement is unbelievably perfect as they rubber-stamped approvals on every single request they received."

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  1. As it should be by doctorjay · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    if the gov had more teeth we could have stopped 9/11.. they knew the attackers were in the country, knew they were planning something because of wussies that be we couldnt do shit.. and we reaped the reward. even since 9/11 we still dont have the balls to do what needs to be done to ensure the safety of the american public.

  2. That goes with the jails by cpct0 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Recently it was asserted that 1 american out of 138 is behind bars
    http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=1 10417&Sn=WORL&IssueID=28037
    , making USA the place where that ratio is the highest in the world.

    Now it's either you're more crooks and evil and violent people than all other countries ... which I really find hard to believe ...

    Or maybe the "land of freedom" (tm) just went to the opposite extreme? Alas, I find that very easy to believe. A raise in wiretapping just confirms that, I'd say. I really wonder what's the percentage of people wiretapped for their political views.