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05-03-2012, 05:58 PM
on this forum in 2008 starting BEFORE the primary debates, etc, folks on here complaining over and over about how the government was all up in their business getting warrants and eavesdropping.
I recall the President, then not even the candidate yet, and after becoming the candidate going after the previous administration on this...
"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department made 1,745 requests to a secret court for authority to wiretap or search for evidence in terrorism and espionage investigations last year.
That's according to an April 30 letter from the department to the Senate that was first reported Thursday by the Federation of American Scientists.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which meets in secret to hear classified evidence from government attorneys, did not reject any of the requests, though judges did require modifications to 30 requests.
It was an increase over 2010, when the department made 1,579 requests.
The FBI also made 16,511 national security letter requests for information regarding 7,201 people last year. The letters allow officials to collect virtually unlimited kinds of sensitive, private information like financial and phone records."
Gov't seeks more than 1,700 secret warrants - WTOP.com (http://wtop.com/931/2851437/Govt-seeks-more-than-1700-secret-warrants)
As I read this, I was wondering if those folks are still around perhaps with other names or whatever and what they must be thinking now.
Not endorsing or criticizing this....just wondering why nobody cares any longer ?????
I recall the President, then not even the candidate yet, and after becoming the candidate going after the previous administration on this...
"WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department made 1,745 requests to a secret court for authority to wiretap or search for evidence in terrorism and espionage investigations last year.
That's according to an April 30 letter from the department to the Senate that was first reported Thursday by the Federation of American Scientists.
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which meets in secret to hear classified evidence from government attorneys, did not reject any of the requests, though judges did require modifications to 30 requests.
It was an increase over 2010, when the department made 1,579 requests.
The FBI also made 16,511 national security letter requests for information regarding 7,201 people last year. The letters allow officials to collect virtually unlimited kinds of sensitive, private information like financial and phone records."
Gov't seeks more than 1,700 secret warrants - WTOP.com (http://wtop.com/931/2851437/Govt-seeks-more-than-1700-secret-warrants)
As I read this, I was wondering if those folks are still around perhaps with other names or whatever and what they must be thinking now.
Not endorsing or criticizing this....just wondering why nobody cares any longer ?????