Secret Warrants
EmailThe nation’s secret intelligence court approved every application made by the government to eavesdrop on, search the houses of and obtain the business records of United States citizens in 2005. And the overall number of such Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court applications grew substantially as well, pointing to stepped up anti-terror efforts within the United States.
According to a brief letter sent last week to congressional leaders, the FISC approved all 2,072 applications for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act warrants (FISA Warrants), making substantive modifications to just 61 of those. The court approved all 115 applications to obtain the business records of US citizens and residents. The letter noted that often these are used to obtain the names and addresses of telephone service subscribers when investigators have already obtained a telephone number.
The FBI reported to the court that it had written 9,254 National Security Letters requesting information on approximately 3,501 people. National security letters enable the FBI to demand disclosure of personal information about US citizens or legal residents from third parties such as banks or internet service providers without the approval of a judge or grand jury.
The inclusion of the NSL letters in the report represents the first official count of NSL use since the establishment of the FISC in 1978. The inclusion was required under legislation that extended the USA Patriot Act anti-terrorism law.
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I assume all these requests were somehow related to terrorism. I am curious that the number of times anyone has been charged with anything under the patrior act and these warrents/letters is so miniscule that I cannot remember but two or three. Perhaps we can list them all somewhere so we can see how effective these new laws have been. Anyone got any information on the number of charges brought tried and convicted under the patriot act?
Posted by: Colapop | May 3, 2006, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
I am amazed at how nieve americans are…. You sir, need to brush up on your Orwell. “I am curious that the number of times anyone has been charged with anything under the patrior act and these warrents/letters is so miniscule that I cannot remember but two or three. Perhaps we can list them all somewhere so we can see how effective these new laws have been.”
WAKE UP!
Posted by: John | May 3, 2006, 7:38 pm 7:38 pm
We have our constitutional rights, we don’t want to be lie too, we don’t want to be dictated too, we don’t want to be bully to sway our decisions, and we don’t want to be ridicule because of it.
It is our right to know the truth; this country needs honest teamwork between everyone, and not by a group that considers their actions are for our “best interest.”
This is a secret society that is underground, with undisclosed and surreptitious activities.
It’s one thing if they acknowledged their work to be in a confidential matter but, if you look at all records pertaining to them you will find the word secret repeated several times, through-out this time.
There are many skeletons going back 50 years that have been hidden, under handing society because of greed, in hopes for the ultimate power of controlling this country.
Society has allowed this to happen, because we thought our leaders where running our country as it should but, with all of the illegal activities that have surfaced in the past year and half, paints a different picture.
Posted by: Victoira Rum | May 4, 2006, 8:40 am 8:40 am