>In the National Security Letter dated May 19, 2017, the US Department of Justice withdrew the request entirely rather than proceed with judicial review. if th

>In the National Security Letter dated May 19, 2017, the US Department of Justice withdrew the request entirely rather than proceed with judicial review. if the DOJ would rather not get any information at all rather than have their request for information scrutinized by a court, there is something seriously wrong with the national security letter process. people who have had a pulse in recent years will chime in that there are many other problems with the NSL process. but this one is a bit different, because shows that the FBI is explicitly avoiding the rule of law as a policy. aren't they the ones responsible for upholding the rule of law as part of the department of justice? why yes, yes they are. they have dirt to hide, and they are not good at deflecting guilt. they know they can consistently over-reach with these NSLs to violate the rights of companies and individuals. so they do it. this behavior implies ongoing abuse that they would rather have covered up than accomplish their agency's goals, even if those goals are wrong. i guess my solution would be to clean house. fire people (and revoke security clearance) starting at the top and work your way down while promoting people who weren't abusers. at the same time, start firing from the bottom, targeting those who complied with bad orders from above. replace them with new recruits who can be trained to have their heart in the right place. the agency is back to citizen-friendly operating order within 5 years or so. a blink of the eye in the timeline of the twilight years of a former empire.