The Los Angeles times has some numbers for the claimed and actual abuses inflicted on our civil liberties under the Patriot Act.
| Item | Number | Percentage of civil rights complaints |
| Civil Rights complaints to Justice Department's Inspector General | 7,136 | 100% |
| Number of complaints deemed related to Patriot Act | 1 | 0.014% |
| "Sneak and peek" warrants, allowing searches without telling a subject | 155 | 2.17% |
| Roving wiretaps | 49 | 0.69% |
| Personal records seizures under Section 215 of the act: | 35 | 0.49% |
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