If you read the link, you'll see that it's a very narrow particular kind of search that is being reported upon, only a tiny subset of all the electronic searches done by law enforcement in the United States, and even in this narrow area, the reports are grossly wrong: when Verizon reports 300 requests were made just to Verizon in a particular year and the report shows less than 20, I'm willing to bet that Verizon's numbers are more accurate.
So frankly even in this very narrow category, the numbers ARE probably two orders of magnitude higher, and if we were were to look at all electronic searches in the USA, it would be several more orders of magnitude higher. (And then if we were to look at the "national security" semi-legal surveillance going on in the U.S., it would be another many orders of magnitude higher.)
So frankly even in this very narrow category, the numbers ARE probably two orders of magnitude higher, and if we were were to look at all electronic searches in the USA, it would be several more orders of magnitude higher. (And then if we were to look at the "national security" semi-legal surveillance going on in the U.S., it would be another many orders of magnitude higher.)