National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations : A Glimpse of the Legal Background and Recent Amendments.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts.

Crime.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (5 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Summarizes statutory authority of intelligence officials to issue national security letters (NSLs) to compel certain types of service providers to produce records of their customers and other items relevant to terrorism investigations. Provides background on NSLs, reviews 109th Congress amendments to NSL statutes, addresses NSLs in court, and presents comparison of NSL attributes.

Notes:

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

Other Format:

Microfiche version: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations

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