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> Over 300,000 NSLs have been issued in the past 10 years alone. The most NSLs issued in a single year was 56,507 in 2004. In 2013, President Obama’s Intelligen
by mr_spothawk 10y ago
> Over 300,000 NSLs have been issued in the past 10 years alone. The most NSLs issued in a single year was 56,507 in 2004. In 2013, President Obama’s Intelligence Review Group reported; that the government continues to issue an average of nearly 60 NSLs every day. By contrast, in 2000 (the year before the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act that loosened NSL standards), 8,500 NSLs were issued.
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- bogomipz 10y agoI am trying to imagine just how much the legal council alone for 300K NSLs a year costs the American Economy. I would like to know what proportion of those 300K are tech companies.
- Vintila 10y agoI would also like to know the probability of indictment given an NSL.
- wavefunction 10y agoPretty high, I imagine. "We have proof but we can't tell you about it because of national security." That would work on most citizens and/or secret FISA court personnel.
- ubernostrum 10y agoA tip: * Council is a group of people, often in charge of something. * Counsel is an attorney (whose job is in part to advise you, like any other counselor).
- sndiciejend 10y agoIt's more confusing than that. A "council" can be an advice-giving body (such as the US President's National Economic Council) and "counsel" can be the advice given, either by your counsel (attorney) or council (advisory panel.) President Obama received sage counsel from his council but wanted to run it by his counsel first.
- user982 10y ago> President Obama received sage counsel from his council but wanted to run it by his counsel first. ...before expending some of his capital political capital at the Capitol in the capital.
- throwanem 10y agoAnyone would be forgiven for thinking the history of the language must include a period during which novel arrangements of phonemes were the subject of a heavy tariff.
- Qwertystop 10y agoHm. Can we fit "consul" (roughly equivalent to "ambassador", but lower, I think?) in there? President Obama received sage counsel from his council but wanted to consult with his counsel before consenting to collaborate with the visiting consul. Hm. I'm not sure whether "consenting" and "collaborate" help or hurt the sentence, there.
- kodablah 10y agoCorrection, ~30k a year. Still doesn't change your question much. I really hope the vast majority have their gag order removed. Who knows how many were sent to now defunct companies.
- collinmanderson 10y agoIs it just me or is the DOJ/FBI being foolish about using an incrementing identifier for these? Base on Google's list, we now know there have been at least 418,313 letters/records, and can track roughly how many letters there were between specific dates.
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- wheelerwj 10y agoahahaha, it's an email template at this point.