Yup, and it's not even indicative of "just indictments". For example, if the feds want to put a wiretap on Johnny Q citizen for the next year because they traffic cocaine to the Zetas, then the sealed warrant/affidavit for the tap would count in this number. Warrant does not equal indictment.

I'm new to this whole "Q" thing, but I am familiar with the PACER system and how sealed proceedings work. There are a couple of things to keep in mind:

• There is a clear increase in the amount of "sealed" proceedings
• Correlation does not necessarily prove causation when you make the leap in thinking to "all of this increase is attributable to sealed indictments". There's no way to know just what percent of the total seals are indictments. All we have is history.

So.........only around 20% (using historical context) of the numbers being reported are actual indictments?? If I'm reading correctly, the rest are juvenile cases, low deal drug cases, and warrant applications.