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Yes. Between 2003 and 2006, nearly two hundred thousand National Security Letters were issued to obtain personal/financial history of US citizens without any ju
by sebzim4500 4y ago
Yes. Between 2003 and 2006, nearly two hundred thousand National Security Letters were issued to obtain personal/financial history of US citizens without any judicial review. This data was only used for one terrorism related conviction, and it is generally considered that this conviction would have happend even without the act.
- twoodfin 4y agoWhy would you expect NSL’s to be used in criminal convictions? What does that have to do with national security? Isn’t the whole point of an NSL to get something for legitimate national security purposes that couldn’t be legitimately acquired for criminal prosecution?
- RandallBrown 4y agoIf you're doing something that threatens the nation's security, you're probably committing a crime.
- RoyGBivCap 4y agoWell, yeah. The security of Britain's colonies as a wee bit threatened by the War of Independence. The crown very much considered it a crime. But was it wrong?
- ActorNightly 4y agoI mean I'm not for the act, but it sounds like the letters were used within the context of the law. I'm just trying to gauge the difference between what people were saying Patriot act will allow, versus what actually happened.