National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations Legal Background

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. American Law Division

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States).

United States.

Criminal procedure.

Intelligence service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[United States] [publisher not identified] 2014

Summary:

Examines 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. Examines NSL provisions of P.L. 107-56, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act, and P.L. 114-23, the USA Freedom Act. Reviews Department of Justice Inspector General reports on FBI use of NSLs, presents post-amendment judicial action, and examines current NSL attributes. Includes recommendations of recently established Review Group on Intelligence and Communications Technologies

This report is one in a series of updates. For the most recent coverage of this report series, please see 14-RL-33320 in the 2014 issue

Notes:

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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

Publisher Number:

CRS-2015-AML-0286

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