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- Archive.org fights FBI demand for user info -- and wins
- After a protracted battle with the FBI, the Internet Archive has won the retraction of what it says was an unconstitutional national security letter demanding personal information on an individual. Under the settlement with the FBI, Internet Archive Brewster Kahle as well as lawyers from the ACLU and EFF are...
- Tags: FBI, NSL, Federal Government, Internet, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Audit reveals extent of FBI abuse of national security letters
- Audit reveals extent of FBI abuse of national security lettersMistakes?I really get tired of this. The FBI, the NSA, the Bush administration, et al, get caught out again, violating the law, abusing their authority, trashing the Constitution. As with the events leading up to the 911 attacks, I think it...
- Tags: Federal government, Tyranny, NSL, FBI, audit
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- Audit reveals extent of FBI abuse of national security letters
- When it comes to the FBI spying on the general population, things are much worse than previously thought. An internal audit found that the FBI found has committed more than 1,000 violations of domestic spying rules as agents poked into domestic phone calls, emails and financial transactions, reports the Washington...
- Tags: Law enforcement, Privacy
- Blog posts 2007-06-14
- To the FBI IT incompetence beats misleading Congress
- When FBI Director Robert Mueller testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee over the underreported of "national security letters" he had two choices: Tell senators that the FBI deliberately downplayed the number of letters or claim IT incompetence. IT incompetence won...
- Tags: Federal government, Databases, information technology, U.S. Congress, NSL, FBI, OGC
- Blog posts 2007-03-28
- Police blotter: Patriot Act wins a round
- Police blotter: Patriot Act wins a roundThe erosion of our freedoms has begun.Can you say "police state"?Was it a congressman the FBI were investigating?"In response, the organization filed a lawsuit claiming it had the right to describe its experience to Congress in general terms--without disclosing details of the NSL. A...
- Tags: USA PATRIOT Act, police-state, NSL, Constitution
- Discussion threads 2005-10-14
Additional Resources
- Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters
- Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security lettersHope springs eternal.Seriously...this is just what I needed today. ThanksRE: Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security lettersI know that every lawyer that I have contacted in regards to taking my casewere more than likely sent a "NSL" -- which discouraged...
- Tags: security letter, Brewster Kahle, cookbook, security
- Discussion threads 2008-05-08
- Brewster Kahle offers a cookbook for fighting security letters
- Just talked to Brewster Kahle at the Internet Archive about their successful settlement with the FBI of a lawsuit over a National Security Letter. The FBI had demanded personal information on a user; the Archive replied with a lawsuit challenging the propriety of the NSL. As part of the settlement,...
- Tags: Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Library, Brewster Kahle, Cookbook, National Security Letter, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- FBI further abused security letters by requesting 'communities of interest'
- The Electronic Frontier Foundation reveals that FBI abuses of "exigent circumstances" letters not only illegally sought information on individual customers but also were used to obtain information on people they frequently called. A Freedom of Information Act request from EFF uncovered the new revelations, staff lawyer Kurt Opsahl...
- Tags: Security, Electronic Frontier Foundation, FBI, Letter, U.S. Department Of Justice, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, ZDNet Government
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Senate issues subpoenas on NSA warrantless wiretapping
- Senate issues subpoenas on NSA warrantless wiretappingHardly a Constitutional Crisis.The President will invoke executive privilege. The Supreme court will rule in his favor. The Democrats will get the sound bite they are after and the world will go on.Maybe the Senate should issue "National Security Letters" instead, ne?Just...
- Tags: Workforce management, NSA, U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, administration
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- FBI's data management headaches escalate with Patriot Act
- A Justice Department audit found that the Federal Bureau of Investigation misused the USA Patriot Act to obtain personal information about people. Within that 126 page audit is evidence of the FBIs still is struggling to manage its data. ...
- Tags: General, Government, IT Management, Legal, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-03-09
- Verizon sued for sharing info with NSA
- Verizon sued for sharing info with NSAAs with aboveIt's not intimidation, it's the law. (Well sometimes one in the same, but still)http://www.askcalea.net/calea.htmlA government agency without a court order HMMMMMWow, does that sound familiar.I would like to place all the blame on the corporations, but there is an abuse of power...
- Tags: Government, Telephony, Verizon Communications Inc., U.S. Department of Justice, NSA, telecommunications service, telecommunications
- Discussion threads 2006-05-15
- Senators quiz FBI director on Patriot Act
- Senators quiz FBI director on Patriot Actsenators quiz FBI directorFOR SOME TIME NOW I HAVE TOLD SENATORS,THAT MY LIFE WAS VIRTUALLY DESTROYED,FOR TELLING SPECIFIC MEMBERS OF CONGRESS THAT ALOT OF PEOPLE ARE COMMITTING CORRUPTION BY DENYING MY ACTION THAT WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR GETTING MOST WANTED TERROISTS CAPTURED IN MAY 29...
- Tags: Federal government, Regulations, NSL-LETTER, USA PATRIOT Act, FBI, fragment
- Discussion threads 2006-05-02
- NSA pays a visit to Silicon Valley
- NSA pays a visit to Silicon ValleyPrivacyWhat is this obsession with privacy. This particular sacred cow only benefit the UNGODLY and the CRIMINAL. If the innocent is as innocent does, where is the blowback. Privacy for privacy sake is a stupid idea.nothing new....there is nothing new under the sun. nsa...
- Tags: Vertical industries, nsa, Stupid Idea, privacy, government, NSA
- Discussion threads 2006-02-27
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