FBI Files a "Secret Justification" For Gag Order

Posted by kdawson on Friday June 26, 2009 @04:42AM from the just-trust-us dept.

An anonymous reader notes a story up at Ars on the FBI's continuing penchant for secrecy. "Clearly, the FBI isn't ready to give up its Bush-era secrecy addition just yet. ...in the case of Doe v. Holder, the FBI is carrying out a secret investigation using secret guidelines on what is and is not constitutional, and as part of that investigation they've compelled the secrecy of a service provider and are using a secret justification to argue that nobody's First Amendment rights are being violated."

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Re:Bush-era? by Sponge+Bath · 2009-06-26 04:55 · Score: 5, Informative

The NSL at the heart of this case was issued while Bush was in office. The Patriot Act (with the NSL provisions) was signed into law by Bush. I don't think it is unfair to mention Bush in this context.