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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. THANK GOD FOR THE PATRIOT ACT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    I'm absolutely sure that ALL of those wire taps were for the phones of FOREIGN terrorists. After all, they promised that the Patriot Act would never be used against US citizens.

    Well, never against US citizens, except...

  2. Feel the SURGE of 5 in every 1 million people by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Liberalism is a mental disorder

  3. 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.

  4. 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.