Le Monde.fr version mobile - The NSA graph shows an average of 3 million data intercepts per day in France with peaks at almost 7 million on 24 December 2012 and 7 January 2013.

The Los Angeles and Chicago police departments have acquired “dirt boxes” – military surveillance technology that can intercept data, calls and text messages from hundreds of cellphones simultaneou…

Law enforcement agencies in cities nationwide have spent millions on sophisticated electronic surveillance devices. But there are few uniform rules on how they can be used.