IP: Who is listening and why?

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

CNN Online Article: Snoopers sought record number of wiretap orders in '97


"Law enforcement agents sought a record number of court orders last year to
allow them to secretly listen in on more than 2 million private
conversations, a government wiretap report shows."


"The 1,186 wiretap requests approved by federal and state judges in 1997
marked a 3 percent increase over 1996 and surpassed the 1,154 logged in
1994. The total is believed to the highest since Congress in 1968 started
requiring the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts to compile such
records."


http://www.cnn.com/US/9805/08/wiretaps.ap/