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47: 36: 328: 394: 2143: 180:, which created provisions similar to the RFPA that allowed the FBI to issue NSLs. Still, neither RFPA or ECPA included penalties for failure to comply with the NSL. A 1993 amendment removed the restriction regarding "foreign powers," thereby allowing NSLs to request information concerning persons who are not the direct subject of the investigation but who may have information relevant to it. 148:, 549 F.3d 861 (2d Cir. 2008), which had held that the 2006 NSL law could be constitutionally applied"... and "the NSL law, as amended , was constitutional." The two petitioners appealed. On appeal, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the district court ruling, holding that NSLs are constitutional and stated, "the nondisclosure requirement does not run afoul of the First Amendment." 266:. The person has already provided the information to a third party, e.g., their telephone company, so they no longer have a reasonable expectation of privacy to the information and, therefore, there is no Fourth Amendment requirement to obtain court approval to obtain the information. Nonetheless, an NSL recipient may still challenge the nondisclosure provision in federal court. 429:
In 2010, the FBI agreed to lift partially the nondisclosure provision to allow Merrill to reveal his identity. On August 28, 2015, Judge Marrero rescinded the nondisclosure provision associated with the NSL Merrill had received, thereby allowing him to speak about the contents of the NSL. On November
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Because of the New York district court ruling, while the case was still on appeal, Congress amended the USA PATRIOT Act to provide for more judicial review of NSLs and clarified the NSL nondisclosure provision. Based on the U.S. Supreme Court rulings, the FBI does not need judicial approval to issue
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lawsuit in 2007, the FBI had used NSLs to obtain information about individuals who were the subject of an FBI terrorism or counterintelligence investigation and information from telecommunications companies about individuals with whom the subject of the investigation had communicated. According to a
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A news media report in 2007 stated a government audit found the FBI had violated the rules more than 1,000 times in an audit of 10% of its national investigations between 2002 and 2007. Twenty such incidents involved requests by agents for information not permitted under the law. A subsequent report
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when the FBI issues an NSL, both of which federal courts have held to be constitutional. When the Director of the FBI (or their designee) authorizes the inclusion of a nondisclosure provision in an NSL, the recipient may face criminal prosecution if it discloses the contents of the NSL or that it
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specifically allowed for judicial review of NSLs. A federal judge could repeal or modify an NSL if the court found the request for information was "unreasonable, oppressive, or otherwise unlawful." The March 2006 changes also weakened the nondisclosure provision the government could include in an
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iving under the gag order has been stressful and surreal. Under the threat of criminal prosecution, I must hide all aspects of my involvement in the case ... from my colleagues, my family and my friends. When I meet with my attorneys I cannot tell my girlfriend where I am going or where I have
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gave the recipient of an NSL that included a nondisclosure provision the right to challenge the nondisclosure provision in federal court. In March 2013, a federal judge in the Northern District of California held an NSL nondisclosure provision was unconstitutional. On August 24, 2015, the
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NSL. A court could repeal the nondisclosure provision if it found it had been made in bad faith. Other 2006 amendments to the law allowed the recipient of an NSL to inform their attorney about the NSL and the government had to rely on the courts to enforce compliance with an NSL.
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In many cases, the target of a national security letter whose records are being sought is not the subject of a terrorism investigation. Under the USA PATRIOT Act, the FBI must assert that the records gathered through the letter are considered relevant to a terrorism
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to seek such information that is "relevant" to an authorized national security investigation. By law, NSLs can request only non-content information, for example, transactional records and phone numbers dialed, but never the content of telephone calls or e-mails.
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Section 505 of the USA PATRIOT Act (2001) allowed the use of the NSLs when seeking information "relevant" in authorized national security investigations to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities. The act also provided the
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that in calendar year 2005, "The Government made requests for certain information concerning 3,501 United States persons pursuant to NSLs. During this period, the total number of NSL requests ... for information concerning U.S. persons totaled 9,254."
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vacated the lower court's decision and remanded the case for further proceedings. On remand, the district court held the "NSLs were issued in full compliance with the procedural and substantive requirements suggested by the Second Circuit in
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was received. The purpose of a nondisclosure provision is to prevent the recipient of an NSL from compromising the current FBI investigation involving for which the NSL was issued as well as future investigations (
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The PATRIOT Act increased the number of persons who could approve the issuance of NSLs, from the FBI Director (or their designees) to include the FBI Special Agent in Charge of the 56 field offices.
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often allowed financial institutions to reject the requests. In 1986, Congress amended RFPA to allow the government to request disclosure of the requested information. In 1986, Congress passed the
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standard. The Second Circuit then returned the case to the district court based on amendments to the USA PATRIOT Act that Congress had enacted while the case had been on appeal.
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The constitutionality of such nondisclosure provisions has been repeatedly challenged. The nondisclosure provision was initially ruled unconstitutional as an infringement of
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The oldest NSL provisions were created in 1978 as a little-used investigative tool in terrorist and espionage investigations to obtain financial records. Under the
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in 2014 conduced by the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General concluded the FBI had corrected its practices and that NSLs now complied with federal law.
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18 U.S.C. 2709), either of which would fetter the Government's efforts to address threats to national security. An NSL recipient (later revealed to be
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NSLs typically contain a nondisclosure requirement forbidding the recipient of an NSL from disclosing the FBI had requested the information. The
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alleged that the military was using the FBI to skirt legal restrictions on domestic surveillance to obtain private records of Americans'
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added potential penalties for failure to comply with an NSL or disclosing an NSL if the NSL included a nondisclosure provision.
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must authorize the nondisclosure provisions and only after he or she certifies "that otherwise there may result a danger to the
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Decision of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in re: John Doe I et al. v. Alberto Gonzales et al. (PDF)
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National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments (PDF)
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Like other administrative subpoenas, NSLs do not require judicial approval. For NSLs, that is because the
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has also allegedly issued NSLs. The Patriot Act reauthorization statutes passed during the
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has held the type of information NSLs obtain do not have a constitutionally protected
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Thousands of Declassified National Security Letters from various government agencies
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Solar Photovoltaic Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1978
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Andrew E. Nieland, National Security Letters and the Amended Patriot Act, 92
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USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005: A Legal Analysis
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Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978
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Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978
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Smith v. Maryland, 442 U.S. 735 (1979); Fourth Amendment, U.S. Const.
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Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980
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Two contentious aspects of NSLs are the nondisclosure provision and
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John Doe’ Who Fought FBI Spying Freed From Gag Order After 6 Years
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concerning the use of NSLs. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of "
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The lack of judicial oversight and the Supreme Court ruling in
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purposes. NSLs do not require prior approval from a judge. The
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FBI Unbound: How National Security Letters Violate Our Privacy
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According to 2,500 pages of documents the FBI provided to the
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30, 2015, the unredacted court ruling was published in full.
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Under Seal v. Jefferson B. Sessions, III, Attorney General
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The government appealed Judge Marrero's decision to the
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Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement
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Lichtblau, Eric; Mezzetti, Mark (January 14, 2007).
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Index

National security letters
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Internet Archive
administrative subpoena
United States government
national security
Stored Communications Act
Fair Credit Reporting Act
Right to Financial Privacy Act
United States government
Director of the FBI
national security of the United States
free speech
Doe v. Gonzales
vacated
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
Right to Financial Privacy Act
Financial Institutions Regulatory and Interest Rate Control Act of 1978
consumer privacy
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Stored Communications Act
USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act
Patriot Act
Department of Defense
counterintelligence
Central Intelligence Agency
109th Congress

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