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My understanding is that the NSL is a subpoena, and therefore a request for production of documents. It does come with a gag clause however. Government can onl
by bravo22 10y ago
My understanding is that the NSL is a subpoena, and therefore a request for production of documents. It does come with a gag clause however.
Government can only compel you to hand over information for third party which you possess. They can't compel you to DO something, as demonstrated by FBI v Apple recently.
- pfg 10y ago> They can't compel you to DO something, as demonstrated by FBI v Apple recently. In case anyone who's not familiar with the Apple case is reading this: The government didn't actually wait for the court to rule that they can't (which might or might not be the case, though my understand is that they would've probably ruled in favour of Apple), but rather withdrew the case after a third party unlocked the phone for them.
- MacsHeadroom 10y agoJust the same, they can compel someone to give over information that enables the FBI to do something on their behalf- private encryption keys or signing certificates, for example.