On 5/31/05, Chris Ranch <CRanch@affinity.com> wrote:
I just reread the article, and realized I got it wrong. There is some paperwork: "The ruling came in a lawsuit by the American Civil Liberties Union and an Internet access firm that received a national security letter (NSL) from the FBI demanding records."
So, the NSL isn't judge or grand jury authorized, just the FBI investigator.
Yeah, I guess I missed that too.. I wonder what an NSL looks like... Here's some info on them tho : http://www.selfstorage.org/pdf/WhatisNationalSecurityLetter.pdf
Do you double-check sups back to the signing judge? Does anyone?
We generally call to verify the authenticity... And we ususally wind up calling to inform them that they've given insufficient information, or asked for something we can't provide... It's fun when you get one that requests the IP address of the user and all they give you is a screen name. *sigh*
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