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One every 2 minutes.

Assuming each of these were for different persons, that amount of request would already amount to about 1/1000 of US population.

Given that Verizon isn't the only telecom operator in the US, the percentage of people under surveillance is quite significant.

And I assume this is only non-secret requests, we've heard news about such requests that are accompanied by a gag order which probably wouldn't end up in transparency reports.

I don't have hard information here, but I suspect the number is far lower. Each one of these requests is likely for a very small time period; keeping a single individual under surveillance likely takes a large number of requests.

Furthermore, the vast majority of these requests are subpoenas (161K) which can be issued in divorce proceedings or legal tussles over car accidents (was the driver texting?) among other uses.

It's more than one every other minute only for ONE company!

I can't even fathom how many there must be if you throw in Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, AT&T, Sprint, and countless others.

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