Will ISPs Have to Tell the FBI if a Suspected Terrorist Googles or Friends You?
Can the government obtain a terrorism suspect's Internet browser history without a court order? That's a possibility under a bid by the Obama administration to make it easer for the FBI to obtain Internet data in terrorism probes, the Washington Post reports. Currently, the FBI can issue so-called national security letters without a judge's approval requiring telecommunications companies to turn over billing and other records about their customers. But some telecoms have resisted requests for Internet data, saying the law does not permit it. The administration hopes to clear up any confusion by adding the words “electronic communication transactional records”¦
ABA Journal | Jul 29, 2010 6:20 PM [GMT] | recommend found in Business: Law and Taxation
ABA Journal | Jul 29, 2010 6:20 PM [GMT] | recommend found in Business: Law and Taxation
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