Here Are the States Where You Are Most Likely to Be Wiretapped

[xchrom]

http://www.alternet.org/civil-liberties/here-are-states-where-you-are-most-likely-be-wiretapped



In 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 country’s 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.

[hollysmom]

1. anyone listening in onmy calls would die of boredom

of course it is all in code and very subversive HAHAHA <---- evil laugh.

[xchrom]

2. mine consists of - ' i'll be there in 10 minutes - are we going to krogers?'

very exciting stuff.

[djean111]

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.