30,000 Secret Surveillance Orders Are Made Every Year
A Union judgehas estimatedthat at least 30,000 secret electronic surveillance orders are made every year in the US , and those who are found to be innocent will probably never know that they ’ve been the prey of such snooping . Ars Technica reportsthat US Magistrate Judge Stephen Smith has save up his estimates in a newspaper called “ Gagged , Sealed & Delivered “ . While phsyical lookup require a warrant , many digital searches — to , say , access put in e - mail , wiretap an Internet connection , or to chase after a cellular phone telephone — are stay fresh secret ....