Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
General Discussion
Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHere Are the States Where You Are Most Likely to Be Wiretapped
http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/here-are-states-where-you-are-most-likely-be-wiretappedIn terms of wiretapping with a warrant it turns out some states use the tactic far more than others.
The Administrative Office of the U.S. Court released its Wiretap Report for the year 2013, and it turns out that Nevada, California, Colorado and New York account for nearly half of all wiretap applications on portable devices in the United States. Add in New Jersey, Georgia and Florida and you have 80 percent of the countrys applications for wiretaps. A chart from Pew Research can be viewed here.
Overall, according to the report, wiretaps were up in 2013:
The number of federal and state wiretaps reported in 2013 increased 5 percent from 2012. A total of 3,576 wiretaps were reported as authorized in 2013, with 1,476 authorized by federal judges and 2,100 authorized by state judges.
The report also found that in terms of federal applications The Southern District of California was responsible for 8 percent of the applications, approved by federal judges the most by a single district in the country.
InfoView thread info, including edit history
TrashPut this thread in your Trash Can (My DU » Trash Can)
BookmarkAdd this thread to your Bookmarks (My DU » Bookmarks)
3 replies, 664 views
ShareGet links to this post and/or share on social media
AlertAlert this post for a rule violation
PowersThere are no powers you can use on this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
ReplyReply to this post
EditCannot edit other people's posts
Rec (1)
ReplyReply to this post
3 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
Here Are the States Where You Are Most Likely to Be Wiretapped (Original Post)
xchrom
Jul 2014
OP
hollysmom
(5,946 posts)1. anyone listening in onmy calls would die of boredom
of course it is all in code and very subversive HAHAHA <---- evil laugh.
xchrom
(108,903 posts)2. mine consists of - ' i'll be there in 10 minutes - are we going to krogers?'
very exciting stuff.
djean111
(14,255 posts)3. I think most wiretapping is going to be obsolete - the NSA already scoops up everything,
and looks like it is not very difficult to get a warrant to replay conversations.
Not necessary to listen in - conversations can be searched by phone number and/or key words.