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other:national_security_letter
Also: NSL, NSLs
Secret government demand for information discussed as requiring disclosure without a conventional warrant and historically accompanied by a gag order.
Secret government demand for information discussed as requiring disclosure without a conventional warrant and historically accompanied by a gag order.
“The letter is called a national security letter, or NSL.”
“the FBI wanted all this information from me about one of the clients of the company”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | National Security Letter Provision | Explicit | 176 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | FBI | Explicit | 176 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Doe vs. Ashcroft | Explicit | 176 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Merrill vs. Lynch | Explicit | 176 |
| incoming | INVOLVES | Case Q | Explicit | 176 |
National Security Letter ASSOCIATED_WITH National Security Letter Provision
Nick identifies Title 18 U.S. Code Section 2709 as the National Security Letter Provision underlying the letter he received.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Nick Merrill EP 176 Details
“Section 2709 is the National Security Letter Provision”
National Security Letter ASSOCIATED_WITH FBI
The letter Nick received demanded information about one of his clients and was delivered as an FBI request.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Nick Merrill EP 176 Details
“I’m calling from the FBI and we have a letter for you”
“the FBI wanted all this information from me about one of the clients of the company”
Doe vs. Ashcroft INVOLVES National Security Letter
The Doe vs. Ashcroft constitutional challenge concerned the National Security Letter Nick received.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Nick Merrill EP 176 Details
“We filed a legal challenge, a constitutional challenge, to the validity of the national security letter provision of the Patriot Act”
“the case was called Doe vs. Ashcroft”
Merrill vs. Lynch INVOLVES National Security Letter
Merrill vs. Lynch concerned lifting the gag order associated with Nick's National Security Letter after the government withdrew the letter.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 176 Details
“this case changed to Doe vs. Holder”
“this case ended up being called Merrill vs. Lynch”
Case Q INVOLVES National Security Letter
CREDO Mobile challenged the National Security Letter it had received.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Cindy Cohn EP 176 Details
“they wanted to fight the NSL that they received”