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Without a warrant or subpoena, the FBI seeks records from the Internet Archive about one of its patrons, citing National Security. But when the EFF and the ACLU intervene, a federal court sends the G-men packing. ... Source: news.aol.com --- 5 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A nonprofit digital library has successfully fought an FBI attempt to seize information about one of its users, and is calling on other groups to challenge government agencies attempting to obtain online customer information without a judge's order. ... Source: uspolitics.about.com --- 5 days ago
The FBI has withdrawn a secret demand that the Internet Archive provide details of a registered user's personal information. This is reportedly only the third time an organization has succeeded... ...
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FBI Targets Internet Archive With Secret ‘National Security Letter’, Loses | Threat Level from Wired.com The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties [...] ... Source: www.indymedia.org --- 4 days ago
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The ACLU and the EFF are jointly claiming victory in a battle to get the FBI to withdraw a National Security Letter and the associated gag order served on the Internet Archive. ... Source: www.commondreams.org --- 4 days ago
SAN FRANCISCO — Brewster Kahle, who runs an online library in San Francisco, was appalled when his volunteer lawyers told him in November that the FBI was demanding records of all communications with one of his patrons as part of an investigation of “international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities.” The FBI document, called a National Security [...] ... Source: www.shoutwire.com --- 2 days ago
When the Internet Archive, a project founded in 1996 to create a digital library of the web, was served an illegal National Security Letter (NSL) by the FBI, Archive founder and Digital Librarian, Brewster Kahle, did what any self-respecting defender of free expression would do: he got pissed. ... Source: www.dailytech.com --- 4 days ago
Victory responsible for third-ever known NSL withdrawal ... Source: clipmarks.com --- 3 days ago
clipped by: wiccantexan Clip Source: www.firstamendmentcenter.org A nonprofit digital library has successfully fought an FBI attempt to seize information about one of its users, and is calling on other groups to challenge government agencies' attempts to obtain online customer information without a judge's order. The FBI presented the San Francisco-based Internet Archive with a National Security Letter last November asking for a library patron's records. The group sued the agency a month later, alleging the Letter violated free-speech rights because it prohibits recipients from talking to anyone else about it. The Internet Archive said yesterday that the FBI agreed to withdraw the Letter last week and make the case, which had been filed under seal, public. Yesterday, the FBI defended its demand on the Internet Archive in particular and the letters in general as important weapons to fight terrorism. "Without judicial or public oversight, there is literally nothing stopping the FBI from issuing improper demands for records," Goodman said. Tags: Security , personal , privacy , fbi , library , digital , government , online , customer , free speech ... Source: www.eff.org --- 28 days ago
Today, EFF published a report on the misuse of a National Security Letter to seek educational records from North Carolina State University at Raleigh in 2005. The NSL authority does not allow the government to seek educational records. The detailed report stems from EFF's Freedom of Information Act request for records about NSL abuse. FBI documents show that, over the span of three days in July 2005, the Charlotte Division of the FBI first obtained educational records pursuant to a grand jury subpoena, and then -- at the direction of FBIHQ -- returned the records and sought them again pursuant to an improper NSL. The improper NSL was refused by the university, but the FBI finally obtained them pursuant to a second grand jury subpoena. Later in July 2005, FBI Director Robert Mueller used the delay in obtaining these particular records as an example of why the FBI needed administrative subpoena power instead of NSLs in testimony. The misuse of the NSL was not formally reported until February 2007, a short time before Inspector General Glenn Fine’s report on the abuse of NSLs was due before Congress. While the Inspector General's report identified dozens of instances in which National Security Letters may have violated laws and agency regulations and were not reported, this is the first time documents have that shown top FBI executives were aware of a misuse before it was officially reported. It took almost ... Source: www.resourceshelf.com --- 5 days ago
From the summary: Without a warrant or subpoena, the FBI seeks records from the Internet Archive about one of its patrons, citing National Security. But when the EFF and the ACLU intervene, a federal court sends the G-men packing. Source: Wired News ... Source: www.katu.com --- 4 days ago
A nonprofit digital library has successfully fought an FBI attempt to seize information about one of its users, and is calling on other groups to challenge government agencies attempting to obtain online customer information without a judge's order. ... Source: www.abajournal.com --- 5 days ago
The FBI is dropping its demand for information about a subscriber from the Internet Archive as part of a settlement of a lawsuit. The agency is also agreeing to allow discussion of the case, which challenged a National Security Letter issued by the agency. The victory is one of only… ... Source: www.wo.ala.org --- 3 days ago
FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter Libraries vow to fight these continued government abuses Statement from ALA President Dr. Loriene Roy Today, the FBI withdrew an unconstitutional National Security Letter (NSL) issued to the Internet Archive, following a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). Sadly, this news does [...] ... Source: www.jeremyduffy.com --- 2 days ago
National Security Letters (NSLs) have been a huge issue since the FBI and has abused them terribly since gaining the power. The worst part is that they include a gag order that prevents you from complaining about it or seeking help. Well at least one individual has challenged an NSL and won. ... Source: www.teleread.org --- 4 days ago
The Internet Archive, a major source of e-books, had to fight off an FBI request demanding information on a library user under the Patriot Act. No, I don’t know if the information was e-book related. But you get the point. I’m just happy the Archive prevailed. Related: Will the FBI monitor your e-book reading on the [...] ... Source: opennet.net --- 15 hours ago
The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties groups announced Wednesday morning. Originally from Wired: Threat Level read more ... Find more search results for National Security Letter on RSSMicro.com |
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The Internet Archive, a project to create a digital library of the web for posterity, successfully fought a secret government Patriot Act order for records about one of its patrons and won the right to make the order public, civil liberties groups announced Wednesday morning.
On November 26, 2007, the FBI served a controversial National Security Letter on the Internet Archive , asking for records about one of the library's registered users, asking for the user's name, address.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Internet Archive's lawyers, fought the NSL, challenging its constitutionality in a December 14 complaint (.pdf) to a federal court in San Francisco.
The Patriot Act greatly expanded the reach of NSLs, which are subpoenas for documents such as billing records and telephone records that the FBI can issue in terrorism investigations without a judge's approval. Nearly all NSLs come with gag orders forbidding the recipient from ever speaking of the subpoena, except to a lawyer.
The EFF, joined by the ACLU, challenged the constitutionality of NSLs, saying the gag order violates the First Amendment and that the specific NSL used was illegal since the Internet Archive is a library, not a communications provider.
Though FBI guidelines on using NSLs warned of overusing them, two Congressionally ordered audits revealed that the FBI had issued hundreds of illegal requests for student health records, ...