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My National Security Letter Gag Order (washingtonpost.com)

Case: Doe v. Holder
March 23, 2007 10:33 am
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"Three years ago, I received a national security letter (NSL) in my capacity as the president of a small Internet access and consulting business. The letter ordered me to provide sensitive information about one of my clients. There was no indication that a judge had reviewed or approved the letter, and it turned out that none had...."

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NSLs issued by the FBI between October 2001 and January 2003

Doe v. Holder

The National Security Letter (NSL) statute, which was expanded through the USA Patriot Act, allows the FBI to use NSLs to demand personal customer records from Internet Service Providers without any prior court approval or suspicion of any kind.

Source: American Civil Liberties Union

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