Record number of secret warrants in 2006

[rodeodance]

Source: ap



Record number of secret warrants in 2006

By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer 1 hour, 14 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - A secret court approved all but one of the government's requests last year to search or eavesdrop on suspected terrorists and spies, according to Justice Department data released Tuesday.


In all, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court signed off on 2,176 warrants targeting people in the United States believed to be linked to international terror organizations or spies. The record number is more than twice as many as were issued in 2000, the last full year before the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

One application was denied in part, and 73 required changes before being approved.

The disclosure was mandated as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act, the administration's sweeping anti-terror law. It was released as a Senate intelligence panel examined changes to the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that could let the government more easily monitor homegrown terrorists.

But in its three-page public report, sent to Senate and House leaders, the Justice Department said it could not yet provide data on how many times the
FBI secretly sought telephone, Internet and banking records about U.S. citizens and residents without court approval.............

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070501/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/domestic_spying;_ylt=ArYn9Ou7i_hQpQ_v.qW8yCwGw_IE

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And the secrecy goes on and on and on..........

[acmavm]

1. 'Suspected terrorists or spies' covers every one of us here.

According to the bush** admin at least.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

2. Yeah, "If you're not with us, you're against us". ...n/t