Feds Trying to Gain Wholesale Access to ISP Records Under Patriot Act - Again
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The Federal government is arguing that despite rulings by the court to the contrary, that under the Patriot Act they are, or at least should be, allowed to demand customer records and information from ISPs (Internet Service Providers) in secret, and without a court order.
In other words, the Feds are saying “all your Internet records are belong to us”.
The way that the government wants it to work is that they get to send an NSL (national security letter) to an Internet service provider demanding information about the provider’s customer, or the customer’s activity, and the law does provide for this.
What it doesn’t provide for is a mechanism for the ISP to challenge the demand…
[Feds Trying to Gain Wholesale Access to ISP Records Under Patriot Act - Again, Continued]