Word: nsl
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...could still access the same records by sending an NSL to a library’s internet service provider, a Justice department official said, and libraries functioning as internet service providers would still be subject to NSLs...
...third part of the compromise, a provision of the Patriot Act revision—which specifies that NSL recipients can consult with an attorney but must identify that attorney to the FBI—would be removed so that recipients have access to legal counsel without FBI notification...
...mail records, if these records are relevant to an ongoing terrorism or intelligence investigation. Requests for personal borrowing records must be authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, whose proceedings are secret. Internet and e-mail records, on the other hand, can be obtained with a National Security Letter (NSL) authorized by a senior FBI official. Criticism of these measures has focused on the lack of regular judicial review over these information requests and the “gag rule” said to bar recipients of such requests from ever speaking about them. Opponents of these provisions also...
...criteria are much too permissive. They say they want the FBI to be forced to demonstrate nected to a suspected terrorist or spy. Right now, the act only requires that the information be relevant to a terrorism or intelligence investigation. Senators also argued that recipients of National Security Letter (NSL) information requests, who are banned from ever speaking about them, should be able to meaningfully challenge this gag order in court. In the version of the Patriot Act under discussion, recipients can argue against the gag order, but the court must accept a government official’s testimony...
...books an individual has checked out, Carter said, the FBI needs approval from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Court, whose proceedings are not open to the public. The FBI can request other records, including those of internet usage or e-mail addresses, by issuing a National Security Letter (NSL), which a senior FBI official can authorize, Carter said. “The level of review that has to be done in order to present a NSL is quite stringent,” Carter said. Edgar said that some of the additions to the Patriot Act legislation being debated...