From: "Robert G Lewis" 


"Phil Payne"  wrote in
message news:44533144{at}w3....
> http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060428/D8H99DSG1.html
>
> "WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501
> U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card,
> telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice
> Department said Friday."
>
> [..]
>
> "The FBI delivered a total of 9,254 NSLs relating to 3,501 people in 2005,
> according to a report submitted late Friday to Democratic and Republican
> leaders in the House and Senate. In some cases, the bureau demanded
> information about one person from several companies."
>
> 3,500 in 2005.  13,000 in 2006?  50,000 in 2007?  And once it's automated,
> everybody.  Welcome to the ultimate police state.
>
> --
>  Phil Payne
>  http://www.isham-research.co.uk
>  +44 7833 654 800
>
>

That's a lot fewer than I would have expected.

Bob Lewis

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