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Wiretaps in U.S. jump 19 percent in 2004

An AP newswire report on CNN reveals that:

The number of secret court-authorized wiretaps across the country surged by 19 percent last year, according to court records which also showed that not a single application was denied.

State and federal judges approved 1,710 applications for wiretaps of wire, oral or electronic communications last year, and four states -- New York, California, New Jersey and Florida -- accounted for three out of every four surveillance orders, according to the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts.

posted by Fergie @ 4/28/2005 10:50:00 AM