U.S. government reveals breadth of requests for Internet records
Federal Bureau of Investigation to reproduce a person's Web browsing history and records of all online purchases, released Monday, shows a court filing, including customer data to deliver Internet and telecommunications firm used a secret authority to force .
Government documents without the need for court approval for electronic surveillance by the FBI, which are used so-called national security letters, is describing is believed to be the first.
Filing made public Monday, Nicholas Merrill, he met in 2004, a national security letter (ainaaisaaila) has refused to comply, the calyx Internet access, a hosted service, founders fought a 11-year-old was the outcome of the legal battle.
Merrill told Reuters it was important release, "public government are not even suspected of a crime, that information is collected without a warrant on Americans deserve to know how, because."
National security letters have been a law enforcement since 1970, is available as tools, but their frequency and width of the September 11, 2001 was passed shortly after the invasion, under the USA Patriot Act, which expanded dramatically. They almost always ask for customer data leaving the company to disclose the contents of an open-end Gag order.
A federal court on the division of Merrill gag should be lifted, that ruled the beginning of this year.
Merrill's challenge is equivalent to the FBI with a suspicious and cell-site location information that everyone can use to obtain IP addresses on NSLs that disclosure. The FBI in court filings that it no longer location information is used NSLs.
Secret orders of government long NSLs without proper judicial oversight or transparency to the user allows the materials to the Secret Tech companies and privacy advocates argue that drew angry.
