Federal Court Strikes Down NSL Statute - A federal district court has struck down as unconstitutional a statute that allows the government to obtain -- without a prior court order -- extensive records of telephone and Internet communications. The law -- part of the PATRIOT Act -- authorized FBI agents to use "National Security Letters" to obtain "transactional records," including telephone dialing information, "to" and "from" lines of e-mail messages, and information about web site visits. The decision confirms CDT's long-held view that Congress should amend the NSL statute to require prior judicial approval of such government demands. September 06, 2007
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