Challenge to FBI’s Use of National Security Letter Provision of Patriot Act Gains Ground

Following up on my September 1 posting, Will Librarian Go To Prison Over Patriot Act Challenge?, see this September 9 press release from the ACLU:

“A federal judge today ruled that the FBI must lift a gag that is preventing an organization with library records from participating in the Patriot Act debate. The opinion comes in a case brought by the American Civil Liberties Union challenging a provision of the Patriot Act that authorizes the FBI to demand records without judicial review.”

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Challenge to FBI’s Use of National Security Letter Provision of Patriot Act Gains Ground

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