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Domestic spying far outpaces terrorism prosecutions - Los Angeles Times
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May 12, 10:03am
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•http://www.latimes.com/news/printedit...
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From the page: "WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans being secretly wiretapped or having their financial and other records reviewed by the government has continued to increase as officials aggressively use powers approved after the Sept. 11 attacks. But the number of terrorism prosecutions ending up in court -- one measure of the effectiveness of such sleuthing -- has continued to decline, in some cases precipitously.
The trends, visible in new government data and a private analysis of Justice Department records, are worrisome to civil liberties groups and some legal scholars. They say it is further evidence that the government has compromised the privacy rights of ordinary citizens without much to show for it. "
Time to return to our Constitution and repeal the mis-named Patriot Act.
If these tactics were effective there would be prosecutions and convictions!
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