Financial Institutions Must Learn When They May Receive National Security Letters, and How They Should Respond (and When the FBI Is Asking Too Much)
Author: John Ensminger.
Source: Volume 20, Number 06, July/August 2007 , pp.45-55(11)
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Abstract:
When asked whether they would have approved a clearly deficient National Security Letter request, some FBI Division Counsel said they would have done so. The Assistant General Counsel explained this reluctance to disapprove requests might sometimes be due to a desire to avoid the political fallout from questioning the initiation of a national security investigation.Keywords: USA Patriot Act; 18 U.S.C. 2709
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