FBI Wants to Bypass Warrants to Access Internet Browser Histories of Terrorism, Spy Suspects
The FBI wants the authority to access Internet browser histories and other electronic data of terrorism and spy cases without a warrant.
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Google Challenges FBI’s Secretive National Security Letters, Saying They Violate Free Speech Rights
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com Google is fed up with the FBI snooping on its users without a warrant. Now, the company appears to be challenging so-called national security letters, which do not require a warrant to gather electronic information, reports CNet.com. The judge hearing the case, U.S. District Judge Susan Illston in San Francisco, ruled last…
Google: FBI Is Spying on Internet Users with So-Called National Security Letters
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The FBI has been demanding that Google divulge account information of up to thousands of its users to authorities without warrants, Wired.com reports. Google revealed it has received numerous National Security Letters from the FBI since 2009. Those letters, which the FBI has abused in the past, are written demands to compel…
Communication Companies Less Compliant to FBI Requests
By Danny Fenster ticklethewire.com The FBI has not been getting the response it is used to. The Washington Post reports that, increasingly, many communications companies have not been disclosing the kind of information previously offered from FBI requests. Investigators have routinely used national security letters to get information about who sent and received e-mails and…