By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
The feds are increasing searches of U.S. citizens’ data, a new transparency reports shows.
The report says 4,672 surveillance queries were made on citizens, a two-fold increase since the 2013 report.
The report includes queries made by the CIA and NSA, but not the FBI.
Those agencies are able to access the database without a warrant.
Some critics have suggested the warrantless access amounts to a violation of privacy of U.S. citizens.
Also included in the report is the revelation that more than 48,000 were targeted by National Security Letters.
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