State investigators listened in on more than 3 million phone conversations last year as local prosecutors sought a record number of wiretaps, mostly to investigate drug crimes. While state wiretapping has grown steadily more common, the number of federal wiretaps has remained relatively constant since 2000. Approvals for national security wiretaps, which are not counted alongside traditional wiretaps, have risen steadily over that period.
May 02, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
State investigators listened in on more than 3 million phone conversations last year as local prosecutors sought a record number of wiretaps, mostly to investigate drug crimes.
As the federal government has focused its resources on national security investigations, the responsibility for drug investigations — the focus of 80 percent of wiretaps — has fallen to state and local authorities.
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