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US Appeals Court upholds FBI's NSLs (National Security Letters) and gag orders
- Subject: US Appeals Court upholds FBI's NSLs (National Security Letters) and gag orders
- From: ractack at mail.com (Rachael)
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2017 22:44:07 -0400
tl;dr This is a bad legal ruling for privacy and due process in the
United States.
The US Ninth Circuit Appeals Court in San Francisco issued a ruling
declaring that gag orders on the FBI's NSLs (National Security Letters)
are completely legal.
Reuters article
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-idUSKBN1A21XJ
Link to full text of ruling
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/07/17/16-16067.pdf