Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Statute.
Mondaq Business Briefing › Nbr. 2004, May 2004
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Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Statute.
Telephone companies and internet service providers may have a means to resist unreasonable demands for subscriber information under so-called National Security Letters ("NSLs"). A federal district court has held that the statute authorizing the FBI to request that such providers produce information concerning their customers violates the providers' First and Fourth Amendment rights. Doe v. Ashcroft, 2004 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19343 (S.D.N.Y. Sep. 28, 2004). The court concluded that the absence of judicial review violates the Fourth Amendment right to be free from unreasonable searc...
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