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The number was 40,000 4-5 years ago Source?
by GHFigs 16y ago
The number was 40,000 4-5 years ago
Source?
- drivebyacct2 16y agoWell, I'm assuming they're talking about NSLs, which was my case specifically. Wish I still had a copy of the case in front of me. I'll see what I can dig up. From the FBI themselves (published March 2007): "In the period covered by the report, the number of NSL requests has ranged from approximately 40,000 to 60,000 per year and we have requested information on less than 20,000 persons per year." http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/the-fbis-use-of-national-security-letters-3 http://www.fbi.gov/news/testimony/the-fbis-use-of-national-s... Note that NSLs require NO court oversight, though sometimes are required to "justified" after the fact. They can be issued on the spot by field agents, and generally, a single NSL is served on a group of people, they're not limited to individuals. Furthermore, the NSL includes a gag order that prohibits you from disclosing that your privacy is being violated by the use of one.
- uxp 16y agoThe article on Friday[1] about the ISP director who challenged his NSL mentions in both the Reddit AMA and his 27c3 talk that between about 2004 and 2008, the FBI served about 200,000 NSLs. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2208093 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2208093
- GHFigs 16y agoI'm assuming they're talking about NSLs They're are not talking about the number of NSLs issued, they're talking about potential violations of the law, some of which involve NSLs. That's the confusion. Incidentally, the link you posted is the FBI responding to the same OIG report that the EFF references.