FBI secretly sought data on 3,501 -MSNBC

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Suzanne Johnson <sjohnson () pobox com>
Date: April 29, 2006 7:15:37 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: FBI secretly sought data on 3,501 -MSNBC

> FBI secretly sought data on 3,501 people in â*™05 : Agency ramped  
> up use of approach that requires no court approval -MSNBC
>
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536627/
>
> ~~
>
> FBI secretly sought data on 3,501 people in â*™05
> Agency ramped up use of approach that requires no court approval
>
> The Associated Press
>
> Updated: 6:40 p.m. ET April 28, 2006
>
> WASHINGTON - 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.
>
> Copyright 2006 The Associated Press.
> © 2006 MSNBC.com
>
> URL:
> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12536627/
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