National Security Letters Archives - Cop Block

Secret Provision Would Expand FBI’s Warrantless Access To Online Records

May 27, 2016May 27, 2016 Asa J 780 Views administrative subpoena, copblock, copblock.org, data collection, electronic communications transaction records, FBI, gag order, Government Surveillance, intelligence authorization bill, national security, National Security Letters, online records, Police State, secret provision, Sen. Martin Heinrich, Sen. Ron Wyden, senate bill, Senate intelligence panel, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, USA Freedom Act, warrantless data collection, warrantless search

A secret provision snuck into the Senate’s annual intelligence authorization bill would expand the FBI’s ability to acquire Americans’ online records

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Scope Of FBI Data Collection Revealed For First Time After Gag Order Removed

December 1, 2015December 1, 2015 Asa J 1412 Views Accountability, administrative subpoena, Calyx Internet Access, cell-site location information, copblock, copblock.org, Doe v. Gonzales, electronic communication records, email addresses, FBI, federal district court, first amendment, free speech, Freedom Act, gag order, IP addresses, Judge Victor Marrero, location tracking device, national security, National Security Letters, Nicholas Merrill, NSL, Patriot Act, Patriot Improvement and Reauthorization Act, postal addresses, San Francisco, Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Stasi, Surveillance, surveillance state, web browsing history

Requiring no approval by a judge, so-called “National Security Letters” are a type of administrative subpoena issued by the federal

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