Two House Democrats pressed the Justice Department on...
Two House Democrats pressed the Justice Department on the use of National Security Letters (NSLs), which allow the FBI to access phone records and other information without judicial findings. They questioned DOJ on how NSLs related to Patriot Act Section…
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215 phone surveillance requests. “Presumably, anything that the government can obtain through an NSL it can also obtain through a Section 215 order from the FISA court,” wrote Reps. Jerry Nadler of New York and David Cicilline of Rhode Island in a letter released Thursday (http://1.usa.gov/1nRc4g2). “Given the overlap with Section 215, why are NSLs necessary?” They want to know how many NSLs have been issued and under what authorities since 2006, among other inquiries. They request answers to several questions by March 7.