| Sumario: | The article discusses the concern of governments' practice of electronic surveillance and the increasing use of wiretapping without warrants. According to the article, laws are being tested regarding the secretive nature of electronic monitoring combined with the dragnet-style approach to collecting data. Patrick Radden Keefe, author of the book "Chatter: Dispatches from the Secret World of Global Eavesdropping," comments on the historically targeted activity of wiretapping. The laws controlling wiretapping are explored including the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, Title III in 1968, and the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 1978. The fear of hackers infiltrating intelligence systems is discussed.
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