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Does not need to be an NSL to have a non-disclosure attached. Could be a relatively minor (not very spooky) federal investigation.
by bredren 3y ago
Does not need to be an NSL to have a non-disclosure attached. Could be a relatively minor (not very spooky) federal investigation.
- ajsnigrutin 3y agoHow does that work with in combination of freedom of speech? Is it one of those cases, where someone has to be brave/foolish enough to disobey and take it to the supreme court?
- mywittyname 3y agoA judge signed off on it. Which means that the State made a case for the subpoena to include a non-disclosure.
- autoexec 3y agoI'm going to go ahead and guess "signed off on" was more like "rubber stamped"
- tracker1 3y agoMost likely... but the party who was served the order can file for appeal if they are willing to go that route. That said, it doesn't mean any such appeal with favor the party served the gag order.
- smsm42 3y agoAnd the case likely was "we swear it is very important for national security, trust us!" and that was enough. Search request is almost never refused, e.g. FISA court approves over 99% of them. And if the court already deemed the proof strong enough to do the search, surely it's strong enough to put a non-disclosure on it if asked.
- mike_d 3y ago> How does that work with in combination of freedom of speech? The government is not preventing you from expressing your free thoughts and opinions. They are compelling you to not disclose the details of something you had no knowledge of before they asked you about it. Nothing is stopping you from writing a blog post about how it is unfair to seek records of a potential criminal, but you cannot write about how it is unfair to seek the records of Bob Jones when you had no other reason to believe Bob was anything but a regular user.
- itronitron 3y agoBut you could post a unique blog post such as that about every one of your users.
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