1.0 link 63512 <![CDATA[Judge Gags Patriot Act Provision]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/melissa-goodman/judge-gags-patriot-act-pr_b_63512.html Today in a historic ruling in federal court, U.S. District Court Judge Victor Marrero struck down the amended Patriot Act's National Security Letter (NSL) provision.

The NSL power allows the FBI to demand personal customer records from Internet service providers, libraries and others. An NSL can demand that an ISP turn over records of the Web sites you visit, internet searches you conduct, or all the e-mail addresses you have sent messages to, without prior court approval. The statute...

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