My National Security Letter Gag Order - washingtonpost.com

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My National Security Letter Gag Order - washingtonpost.com
The Justice Department’s inspector general revealed on March 9 that the FBI has been systematically abusing one of the most controversial provisions of the USA Patriot Act: the expanded power to issue “national security letters.” It no doubt surprised most Americans to learn that between 2003 and 2005 the FBI issued more than 140,000 specific demands under this provision — demands issued without a showing of probable cause or prior judicial approval — to obtain potentially sensitive information about U.S. citizens and residents. It did not, however, come as any surprise to me.

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This has got to stop.

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[compudoc.livejournal.com]

The only way we can even hope to stop it, Ginny, is to contact our representatives and/or other members of Congress as well.
Does this remind you of Orwell's 1984???