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Only 4% of government wiretaps are electronic and PC-based

Only 4% of wiretaps not related to terrorism were targeted at computers and electronic devices last year, according to a government report. The rest of the 1,442 non-terrorism wiretaps - which intercepted a total of 4.
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Only 4% of wiretaps not related to terrorism were targeted at computers and electronic devices last year, according to a government report. The rest of the 1,442 non-terrorism wiretaps - which intercepted a total of 4.3 million communications or conversations in 2003 - were primarily aimed at voice communications, according to statistics from the U.S. courts.

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