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Justice Department Electronic Monitoring Rises

Phone calls, emails and social networks have all been places where the government, or the Justice Department have been monitoring with increasing frequency.

These instances are occurring without a warrant and have been increasing over the last 4 years according to the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union).

ACLU’s data shows that government tracking from 2009 to 2011 increased surveillance of phone calls by 60% and emails or other electronic computer related communications by a whopping 361%.

According to the Justice Department, these occurrences have been authorized by a federal judge on “every instance”.

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Fighting in the White House

During a furious row in the White House attorney general Eric Holder and top Obama political adviser, David Axelrod, “had to be separated” after squaring up to each other.

David Axelrod had accused Eric Holder of being piblically annoyed at political interference in the justice department, headed up by Holder.

It is alleged that Mr Axelrod told the attorney general: “Don’t ever, ever accuse me of trying to interfere with the operations of the Justice Department”, a taboo in US politics.

Read the full story in The Telegraph