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FBI ISP Letters May Have Violated Free Speech

Posted by kdawson on from the tell-me-and-zip-it dept.

Anti-Globalism sends in a Reuters account of an appeals court hearing in which an unnamed ISP is challenging the Patriot Act "National Security Letter" provision that allows the FBI to issue secret letters to ISPs and telecoms, demanding customer records. "A panel of federal appeals court judges pushed a US government lawyer on Wednesday to answer why FBI letters sent out to Internet service providers seeking information should remain secret. ... Between 2003 and 2006 nearly 200,000 national security letters were sent out. Of those about 97 percent received gag orders."

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  1. mod do3n by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    that support bben looking for! fear the reaper

  2. Re:Nice seeing a little resistance to corruption by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You're exactly right. It's all a vast conspiracy, funded and controlled by the Republicans, who are secretly in league with the Greys. Yes, that's correct. The Greys. The aliens are now infiltrating our entire society, disguised as Republicans, and they are spying on us, all for the purpose of gathering and consuming our toenails.

    We must all vote Democrat, so the incorruptible human politicians can take over. See, the Democrats smile. They talks gooder and bester. They must be totally believable and benevolent.