Government Secrecy

"The Department of Justice reported that the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court approved 2,072 orders to conduct surveillance on foreign nationals in the United States in 2005. It rejected 0 orders. Another Justice Department report on secret wiretap warrants indicated that the government issued 9,254 National Security Letters during 2005. These letters can be used to obtain information about individuals without the government applying for a court-reviewed warrant. The number of Freedom of Information Act requests increased by 65,543 requests sinced 2004. Agencie overall have been unble to keep up with the number of requests, with 43 percent more pending requests this year than in 2002."
Source: Security Report Card 2006: Indicators of Secrecy in the Federal Government
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