IP: FYI, new FISA figures

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "Kevin L. Poulsen" <klp () well com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/201
>
> Record 'National Security' FBI wiretapping in 2000
>
> by Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus.com
> May 2, 2001 5:30 PM PT
>
> WASHINGTON--Federal agents filed a record 1,005 applications to perform
> electronic surveillance and covert physical burglaries in supposed terrorism
> and espionage investigations last year, all of which were granted, according
> to Justice Department figures made public Wednesday.
>
> The FBI's national security wiretapping in 2000 shattered the previous
> record of 886 applications in 1999, and took up the slack from an overall
> decrease in surveillance in conventional criminal investigations during the
> same period, according to figures the Department of Justice reported to
> Congress last week, obtained by the Federation of American Scientists (FAS)
> under the Freedom of Information Act.
>
> <snip>



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