The FBI's Secret Scrutiny
"The FBI now issues more than 30,000 national security letters a year, according to government sources, a hundredfold increase over historic norms. The letters -- one of which can be used to sweep up the records of many people -- are extending the bureau's reach as never before into the telephone calls, correspondence and financial lives of ordinary Americans."
http://www.schneier.com/blog/archive...i_is_spyi.html
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artma...cle_7624.shtml