Court authorized wiretaps in the U.S. surged to 3,464 last year, according to the Justice Department. Taking law enforcement at its word without question, judges rubber-stamped approvals on every single request they received. Be careful, watch out. And remember, email is next.
"surged to 3,464" from what number?
That's like 10 per day for the whole USA.
Sounds like a quotation from the NY "Leftist Weenie" Times ;-)
...Jim Thompson
Let's see .... 3464 wire taps ... less than 0.1% of the population. Not bad.
I'll wake up when it hit's one percent ... 3.5 million wiretaps.
At's thay OK, ey thay an't cay ead ray ig pay atin Lay!
In Britain, in 2003, there were just over 1900 such taps.
Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't out to get you!
Bob
Its less then 0.0014% of the population of the US!
Same deal for this err grand "problem" of terrorism. A recent quote put the deaths at 1900. Well about 0.5% of the population die of old age a year, so at over 1,000,000, most extra deaths that people complain about, are in the noise floor:-)
Kevin Aylward snipped-for-privacy@anasoft.co.uk
Bwahahahahaha!
For the slow newbie... take note... John is being subtle ;-)
...Jim Thompson
Big Brother applies to the internet too. MI5, MI6 and the CIA can tap your line just by dialling your phone number from an armchair in the HQs office. No need for an engineer to fumble with a pair of crocodile clips in your local telephone exchange.
No wonder the Prime Minister has been encouraging rapid take up of the system by the general populace.
BBC radio broadcasting services have already been put on the Internet. The rest will follow.
Radio amateurs can expect to see changes in their licensing conditions. Initially being severely reduced to the same technical status as Citizen Banders.
If I should suddenly disappear from circulation you will know the reason why.
Out of 300e6 people and maybe 1e5 criminal organizations, I'd say they're not trying very hard.
Do you know that to be a fact, in every single case? And all those judges use rubber stamps?
Right. If you're planning a serious felony, use good encryption, and it's best not to plan your hits over your cell phone.
John
What's a Leftist Weenie? A tofu dog?
John
I read in sci.electronics.design that Winfield Hill wrote (in ) about 'Court authorized wiretaps in the U.S. surged last year', on Thu, 28 Apr 2005:
I've already notice many subversive statements in your contributions here. Undermining the mystery of gurudom by supplying newbies with logical explanations and working schematics is a very serious offence.
That's a good description ;-)
...Jim Thompson
Leftist weenies always spout platitudes... never mind the facts, just be loud and discourteous... talk over your opponent wherever possible... damn the rules of debate.
...Jim Thompson
Actually, the major function of the judge is to be sure that the applicant documents the scope, location, duration, expected information, and probable cause for a tap. A notary would do just as well; they have rubber stamps, too.
If a criminal case results, and the tap turned out not to have a worthy probable cause, or any of the stated rules weren't followed, the perps walk. That eliminates fishing expeditions and most forms of abuse.
What's wrong about that? Do you think that absolute privacy is more important than public safety?
The Declaration of Independence offered us "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in that order.
John
I read in sci.electronics.design that Reg Edwards wrote (in ) about 'Court authorized wiretaps in the U.S. surged last year', on Fri, 29 Apr 2005:
So what? I bet most of the time they are listening to p*rn lines.
He's a Labour Party member. It's well-known that every member has a personal spook assigned.
If Paxo disappears, be VERY afraid.
They already are at that level, aren't they? They buy everything ready-made these days.
Let's hope you've got a few years yet, despite being over the three score and ten.
"Winfield Hill" schreef in bericht news: snipped-for-privacy@drn.newsguy.com...
I would be more worried about the un-authorized wiretaps.
I sort of *like* the idea of oppressing terrorists.
John
...and that's a bad thing? They _do_ have to have probable cause, in either case.
[snip]
You DO need to worry ;-)
...Jim Thompson
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