The Growth Of Secret Wiretaps In The U.S. Continues

As Application Approvals Drop, Work On Secret Wiretaps Grows, U.S. Government Sources Say -- Washington Post

Even as the Justice Department reports a two-year decline in the number of wiretap applications approved by a secret U.S. intelligence court, the workload of Justice Department lawyers assigned to request and oversee such sensitive surveillance activities appears to be growing.

The activity by the department's National Security Division, which is responsible for obtaining authorization from a secret court to tap Americans' telephone calls and e-mails and conduct other surveillance, was a prominent factor cited by Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. in a campaign this month to prod the Senate into confirming President Obama's nomination of James M. Cole to serve as Holder's deputy.

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My Comment: President Bush was condemned by the Press, academia, the ACLU and other civil liberty groups, Democrats, etc....

Today .... nothing but silence.