Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Eavesdropping Tech: U.S. Wiretaps Up Slightly in 2006

Via USCourts.gov.

A total of 1,839 orders were issued by federal and state courts in 2006 authorizing or approving the interception of wire, oral or electronic communications, also known as wiretaps. This is a 4 percent increase over the 1,773 orders issued in 2005, according to The 2006 Wiretap Report.

The complete report contains information on interceptions concluded between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2006. A summary of the authorized intercepts [.pdf] reported for calendar years 1996-2006 is availabe in Table 7.

No applications for wiretap authorizations were denied by either state or federal courts in 2006.

More here.

(Props, Pogo Was Right.)

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