Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
Microsoft, Twitter, Google and Facebook are calling for more disclosure of secret requests to hand over date of users, The Guardian reports.
“Permitting greater transparency on the aggregate volume and scope of national security requests, including Fisa orders, would help the community understand and debate these important issues,” Microsoft said in an emailed statement.
The federal government issues national security letters to demand access to computer data.
It’s currently against the law to disclose how many secret requests were turned over under the controversial Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
