New York State, once again led the nation in the number of criminal wiretaps in 2005. State Judges approved 17 percent more wiretaps, while federal criminal wiretaps dropped 14 percent, across the country.
Overall, court-approved wiretaps increased by 4 percent to 1,773 in both state and federal. Now this is jaw dropping, out of all the applications put in for permission to wiretap, ONLY 1 was denied! Its not a game.
New York prosecutors reported 391 wiretap applications, California, 235; New Jersey, 218; and Florida, 72.
5.03.2006
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