Post by Police Moderator on Mar 16, 2013 6:20:24 GMT -5
FBI snooping tactic ruled unconstitutional
AFP - A US judge has ordered the FBI to stop its "pervasive" use of National Security letters to snoop on phone and email records, ruling that the widespread tactic was unconstitutional.
The order issued by US District Court Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco came as a blow to a measure heavily used by the administration of President Barack Obama in the name of battling terrorism.
The Patriot Act passed after the September 11 attacks gave the Federal Bureau of Investigation strong authority to order that people's telecom records be handed over, without such requests having to be disclosed.
But in her ruling, Illston said evidence indicated that tens of thousands of NSLs are sent out every year, and that 97 percent of them are fettered with the provision that recipients never mention the requests.
Read more: france24.com
Damn. When the f***ing French media turns on ya.........?
France24.com?
Since when have the French done any-damn-constructive-thing at all, for more than 24 straight hours? Except surrender, beg for others to rescue them and then bitch about their saviors for the next 613,200+ hours? (70+ years) They started the whole Vietmanese thing, right? And wrongfully imprisoned Papillon?
From the article......
The EFF calls the letters "dangerous" and has challenged the authority, along with the American Civil Liberties Union.
The French Media, the EFF (Internet rights law group Electronic Frontier Foundation), a US District Court Judge from SAN FRANCISCO and the ACLU are coming out against our President, and his tactics?
