Record 'National Security' surveillance in 2000 - More taps, bugs then ever befo
Federal agents filed a record 1,005 applications to perform electronic surveillance and covert physical burglaries in supposed terrorism and espionage investigations last year, all of which were granted, according to Justice Department figures made public Wednesday.
The FBI's national security wiretapping in 2000 shattered the previous record of 886 applications in 1999, and took up the slack from an overall decrease in surveillance in conventional criminal investigations during the same period,according to figures the Department of Justice reported to Congress last week, obtained by the Federation of
American Scientists (FAS) under the Freedom of Information Act.
