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FISA Watch: Secret Intelligence Court Approves Record 2,370 Warrants

An AP newswire article, via MSNBC, reports that:

The U.S. secret intelligence court approved a record number of requests to search or eavesdrop on suspected terrorists and spies last year, the Justice Department said.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved 2,370 warrants last year targeting people in the United States believed to be linked to international terror organizations.

That figure represents a 9 percent increase over 2006. The number of warrants has more than doubled since the terrorist attacks of 2001.

posted by Fergie @ 5/01/2008 02:50:00 PM