National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations : A Glimpse at the Legal Background.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts.

Criminal procedure.

Governmental investigations.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (11 pages)) : digital, PDF file

monochrome

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.

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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, presents comparison of NSL attributes, and reviews Department of Justice Inspector General report on FBI use of NSLs. Summarizes recommendations of the Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies recently established by President Obama, in wake of leaks relating to NSA purported bulk meta-data collection program. Discusses how the USA FREEDOM Act addresses judicially perceived NSL shortcomings, and presents comparison of NSL attributes.

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-RS-22406b in the 2014 issue.

Notes:

CRS Report.

Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2015). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

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

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