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by VistaBrokeMyPC 1428 days ago
That "court order" is from the FISA court, which may as well be a monkey with a rubber stamp. We learned that from the Snowden documents too.
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lern_too_spel 1427 days ago
No, we learned that they were approved at roughly the same rate as other search court orders. Investigators aren't going to spend the time making an application for a court order unless it has a very high chance of being granted.

https://www.quora.com/What-percent-of-law-enforcement-search...

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throwaway0a5e 1427 days ago
They only call it a court for marketing reasons. It's basically just an internal review process.
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