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thewayneWithout modifications. The number is up 13% to 1506 from last year when two applications were denied.
This does not include warrantless wiretaps of Americans communicating with potential persons of interest overseas, started under Bush.
National Security letters by the FBI are also up. "The Justice Department report, meanwhile, said the FBI issued 24,287 “national security letter” requests last year on 14,212 people, “a substantial increase from the 2009 level of 14,788 NSL requests concerning 6,114 U.S. persons,” Aftergood wrote in a blog post. In 2008, there were 24,744 requests regarding 7,225 people."
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/domestic-surveillance
This does not include warrantless wiretaps of Americans communicating with potential persons of interest overseas, started under Bush.
National Security letters by the FBI are also up. "The Justice Department report, meanwhile, said the FBI issued 24,287 “national security letter” requests last year on 14,212 people, “a substantial increase from the 2009 level of 14,788 NSL requests concerning 6,114 U.S. persons,” Aftergood wrote in a blog post. In 2008, there were 24,744 requests regarding 7,225 people."
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/05/domestic-surveillance
