Wow, did you downvote me for adding to the conversation? Here are sources that disagree with you and align with my previous comment. You should provide sources

Wow, did you downvote me for adding to the conversation? Here are sources that disagree with you and align with my previous comment. You should provide sources next time. > A judge does not have to approve the NSL or an accompanying gag order. https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters/faq https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters/faq > The letters come with a life-long gag order, so businesses that receive such letters are prohibited from revealing to anyone, including customers who may be under investigation, that the government has requested records of transactions. https://www.wired.com/2010/08/nsl-gag-order-lifted/#ixzz0wcPM40Dg https://www.wired.com/2010/08/nsl-gag-order-lifted/#ixzz0wcP... > NSLs are almost exclusively served in secret alongside an indefinite gag order, which prevents anyone from disclosing the contents of the letter to anyone. https://www.zdnet.com/article/national-security-letters-everything-you-need-to-know/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/national-security-letters-ever... > Since the first national security letter (NSL) statute was passed in 1986 and then dramatically expanded under the USA PATRIOT Act, the FBI has issued hundreds of thousands of such letters seeking the private telecommunications and financial records of Americans without any prior approval from courts. In addition to this immense investigatory power, NSL statutes also permit the FBI to unilaterally gag recipients and prevent them from criticizing such actions publicly. This combination of powers — to investigate and to silence — has coalesced to permit the FBI to wield enormous power and to operate without meaningful checks, far from the watchful eyes of the judicial branch. Not surprisingly, this lack of checks has contributed to a dramatic expansion in the use of these tools across the country. Indeed, for the period between 2003 and 2006 alone, almost 200,000 requests for private customer information were sought pursuant to various NSL statutes. https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters https://www.eff.org/issues/national-security-letters