Legal Opinion
In re National Security Letter
District Court, N.D. California
Decided March 14, 2013No. C 11-02173 SIPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO SET ASIDE NSL LETTER
SUSAN ILLSTON, District Judge.
Pursuant to the National Security Letter Statute, 18 U.S.C. § 2709, the FBI issued a National Security Letter (“NSL”) to Petitioner, an electronic communication service provider (“ECSP”), seeking “subscriber information.” By certifying, under section 2709(c)(1), that disclosure of the existence of the NSL may result in “a danger to the national security of the United States, interference with a criminal, counterterrorism, or counterintelligence investigation, interference with diplomatic relations, or danger to the…
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