New Legislation Would Reform National Security Letters - Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and John Sununu (R-NH) have introduced a bill to reform National Security Letters -- demands issued by FBI agents without a judge's approval to compel disclosure of financial, telephone, Internet and other records. Under the proposed NSL Reform Act, the FBI could still use an NSL to obtain less sensitive information such as a person's name, address and account identifying information, but more sensitive information such as financial details or logs of the e-mail addresses would require a different process, such as a court order or a subpoena. CDT welcomed the measure as a response to some of the more egregious problems with NSLs that were identified in an Inspector General's report issued in March 2007. September 25, 2007
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