The number of wiretaps authorized by state and federal judges in criminal investigations jumped 26 percent from 2008 to 2009, according to a report released Friday by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.Courts authorized 2,376 criminal wiretap orders in 2009, with 96 percent targeting mobile phones in drug cases, according to the report. Federal officials requested 663 of the wiretaps, while 24 states accounted for 1,713 orders.
Not one request for a wiretap was turned down. more...
With all the wiretapping and so called intelligence, yet crime is still at an all time high and rising.
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly are they listening to, while breaching human rights and infringing on people's private conversations, I wonder?