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U.S. Wiretapping Surges 19%
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."
1. wire tap payphones 2. find out where my nigerian friend hid the money 3. ...
4. profit!
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first tap
This must explain all that heavy breathing when I call those 1-900-XXX numbers.
If you give a liberal an enema, he'll turn transparent.
You must understand... its just like a parent listening on their kid, to find out what trouble they are getting in... Only mom is a guy in a suit getting paid to listen to your phone sex.
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I'd hardly call that a 'surge." More like a abrupt rise. For me, a surge implies that it is an unstoppable force. 19% is not too awe-inspiring. Its like saying, oh my god.. Slashdot trolls increase by 19%!!
What is your penile percentile?
"accounted for four of every four surveillance orders"
"or about ten out of every nine"
I was going to ignore it after the first one, but two in one article? C'mon AP, what sort of debacle is this?
Some 1,507 wiretaps -- or about ten out of every nine -- targeted portable devices, such as cell phones and pagers.
That's about 111%. Nice work with the numbers there.
"I planned within my means and got a fixed rate mortgage, so where's MY bailout?" -cafepress
Real patriots have their phone lines wiretapped 24/7!
Looks like those paper-pushing nancy-boys down at City Hall have finally realised we're fighting the good fight down here. This is the street, man, and it ain't pretty. I don't need no panty-waisted girly-man bleating about "civil rights" and "due process", that's exactly the kind of BS that gets the bad off on "a technicality".
/not ragging on cops, just how the "renegade cop who doesn't do things by the book but gets the job done" cliche is so popular in Hollywood while so despised in real life. :-)
"Technicality" my ass! I bagged that scumbag fair and square. If those assholes think I should have waited until I had evidence, they're living in fairyland.
George Bush... is that you?
Did you really read it?
Huh?
Even the first paragraph?See the last sentence? That would be what we call a "word problem".
It goes something like this:
Every WMD in Iraq was destroyed, how many are left?
a) none of them
b) all of them
c) I'm invading anyway
d) all the above
--Phillip
Can you say BIRTH TAX
The technology aims to replace human judges, who may perform the process more slowly. This news comes days after Microsoft won approval on a patent that covers use of artificial intelligence to replace humans in legal professions.
"The artificial intelligence in our system will get it right 100% of the time when it comes to approving wiretaps, search warrants, and other such documents," said Gates in an interview.
Darl McBride said, "We are excited to bring new opportunities for freedom and privacy to citizens throughout the country." SCO is currently filing a lawsuit against the solenoid manufacturer, claiming it stole intellectual property belonging to SCO. Apparently, since SCO is using a solenoid in the product, and the supplier's solenoid appears identical to the solenoid SCO buys from the supplier, that is proof that the supplier stole SCO's intellectual property.
Micro$COft. Where do you want to go today?
This was informative? How about funny? Even funnier were those who questioned the math.
RTFA not the parent.
In practice, they aren't.
Why is it that the proponents of "one nation under God" are so eager to get rid of "liberty and justice for all"?