[The figures are especially interesting if you take into account the mean number of conversations intercepted per wiretap -- thousands, if I recall properly. We ran the 1997 numbers in Time Magazine; you can probably find them in the Notebook archives at time.com/magazine. --Declan] >Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 22:57:40 -0400 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: John Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Wiretap 98 > >The US 1998 Wiretap Report is available: > > http://jya.com/wiretap98.htm (31K) > >Total federal and state is up to 1,329 from 1,186 in 1997. Two >requests were denied. That makes five denials in the last ten >years compared to 11,000 authorizations. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------
