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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. Re:Feel the SURGE of 5 in every 1 million people by derEikopf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Michael Savage is the man.