Entries tagged with: National Security Letters
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2012 Democrat Platform Endorses Internet Privacy
The 2012 Democratic National Platform supports the administration’s Internet Privacy Bill of Rights to protect consumer privacy. Separate provisions in the platform call for privacy protections for broadband deployment, intellectual property enforcement, and cybersecurity laws; the Democratic platform opposes voter...
2011 FISA Orders Up, National Security Letters Down, No Surveillance Request Denied
According to the 2011 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Report the Justice Department submitted 1,745 applications to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, a 10.5% increase over 2010. Of the 1,745 FISA search applications, 1,676 concerned electronic surveillance. The FISA court...
Intelligence Oversight Board: FOIA Documents Detailing Legal Violations
IOB Background | EPIC's Freedom of Information Act Request | Intelligence Oversight Board: Legal Violations FOIA Documents | Resources As the result of a 2009 Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) Request, EPIC forced disclosure of documents detailing unlawful uses...
Senator Leahy Urges Attorney General to Implement Patriot Act Reforms
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) has sent a letter to Attorney General Eric Holder regarding key privacy safeguards for the PATRIOT Act. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act earlier in the year, which...
Inspector General Finds "Egregious Breakdown" in FBI Oversight
The Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General has issued a report on the FBI's use of "exigent letters" and other means to obtain telephone records from three unnamed phone companies. The 300-page report concludes that many of the...
House Members Introduce PATRIOT and FISA Reform Bills
Representatives Conyers, Nadler, and Scott introduced two bills today that would amend the PATRIOT Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. The Patriot Amendments Act of 2009 will enhance reporting and judicial oversight of law enforcement powers, including the National...
PATRIOT Act Revisions Introduced in Senate
Today, Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) and seven cosponsors introduced the Judicious Use of Surveillance Tools In Counterterrorism Efforts (JUSTICE) Act. The bill would amend the PATRIOT Act, the FISA Amendments Act, and other surveillance and intelligence laws. Among other changes,...
Senators Consider PATRIOT Act Reforms
Senators Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) are drafting legislative reforms to revise the USA PATRIOT Act. The USA PATRIOT Act allows authorities to conduct surveillance without judicial review through the use of National Security Letters. The Senators asked...
Inspector Generals Release Report on President's Surveillance Program
The Inspector Generals of the Intelligence Community released a report on the President's Surveillance Program. The report summarizes the unclassified collective results of the reviews. The Program involved the massive, warrantless surveillance of Americans in the United States. The IG...
FBI's Use of FISA Increasing
In a report to Congress, the Justice Department revealed a substantial increase in the use of National Security Letters to acquire information on American citizens without court order. In 2008, the FBI made 24,744 NSL requests pertaining to 7,225 persons...
