Snooping requests approved by DC-area federal courts up 500% since 2011 – report

‘Mostly secret law enforcement requests to federal courts in the District of Columbia and Northern Virginia for use of electronic surveillance in domestic criminal cases have increased fivefold in the last five years, according to a new report.
Newly released data obtained by the Washington Post from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) indicates that federal investigators are increasingly reliant on electronic surveillance requests of federal judges in the process of covertly monitoring domestic suspects’ phone, email, and other communications, such as social media.’
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