[Clips] U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK
R.A. Hettinga
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Fri Apr 28 17:21:52 PDT 2006
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U.S.: FBI Sought Info Without Court OK
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Apr 28, 6:27 PM (ET)
By MARK SHERMAN
WASHINGTON (AP) - The FBI secretly sought information last year on 3,501
U.S. citizens and legal residents from their banks and credit card,
telephone and Internet companies without a court's approval, the Justice
Department said Friday.
It was the first time the Bush administration has publicly disclosed how
often it uses the administrative subpoena known as a national security
letter, which allows the executive branch of government to obtain records
about people in terrorism and espionage investigations without court
approval.
Friday's disclosure was mandated as part of the renewal of the Patriot Act,
the administration's sweeping anti-terror law.
The FBI delivered a total of 9,254 NSLs relating to 3,501 people in 2005,
according to a report submitted late Friday to Democratic and Republican
leaders in the House and Senate. In some cases, the bureau demanded
information about one person from several companies.
The department also reported it received a secret court's approval for 155
warrants to examine business records last year, under a Patriot Act
provision that includes library records. However, Attorney General Alberto
Gonzales has said the department has never used the provision to ask for
library records.
The number was a significant jump over past use of the warrant for business
records. A year ago, Gonzales told Congress there had been 35 warrants
approved between November 2003 and April 2005.
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R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah at ibuc.com>
The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
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