PATRIOT Act Warrants Used [MUCH, MUCH] More For Drugs Than For Terrorism

[David Morris]

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2014/10/patriot-act-warrants-used-more-drugs-terrorism

Electronic Frontier Foundation tallied up the known figures for
sneak-and-peek warrants:
<https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2014/10/peekaboo-i-see-you-government-uses-authority-meant-terrorism-other-uses>

   - 2001-03: 47
   - 2010: 3,970
   - 2011: 6,775
   - 2012: 10,183
   - 2013: 11,129

That's quite an increase. So did terrorism investigations skyrocket over
the past decade? Not so much. It turns out that hardly any of these
warrants were used in terrorism cases. Instead, they were virtually all
used in narcotics cases.
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