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Electronic Surveillance By US Law Enforcement Agencies Rising Steeply

Posted by samzenpus on from the eye-in-the-sky dept.

hypnosec writes "According to data obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), surveillance of emails and other forms of Internet communications without warrants has increased substantially over the last two years. Documents, obtained by the ACLU, reveal that there has been a 361% increase in 'pen register' and 'trap-and-trace' orders between 2009 and 2011. The ACLU has appealed to Congress to bring in more judicial oversight in these warrantless orders."

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  1. Re:And it will go down if you get rid of Obama by na1led · · Score: 5, Informative

    Obama is just the idiot puppet on stage. It's the ones behind the curtain controlling things.

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  2. Re:My two cents by captainpanic · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'll summarize the defense of these searches. Btw, I disagree with all of them... but I thought we can just get this over with quickly.

    Choose:
    - What if it was your child?
    - Don't you want to catch terrorists?
    - Prevention is better than cure.
    - I have nothing to hide.
    - I trust my government.
    - (I probably forgot some...)

    They're either logical fallacies, or just besides the point. Or both.

  3. Re:Tell the person spied on by Hatta · · Score: 3, Informative

    National Security Letters are issued without judicial oversight and contain a gag order by default. Yes, it's that bad.

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