CDT Urges Judicial Review for "National Security Letters" - The FBI's widespread violations in issuing "national security letters" to obtain detailed personal information about Americans were unfortunate, but predictable given the extent to which policy and technological changes have undermined the rules intended to protect the privacy rights of law-abiding citizens, CDT Policy Director Jim Dempsey told a congressional panel today. Testifying before the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, Dempsey said that the evolution of NSLs from a limited law enforcement tool to one that can be used broadly, with few standards and in secret has led to a "privacy nightmare." Dempsey urged lawmakers to move to reinstate meaningful judicial review over the issuance of NSLs. March 28, 2007
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