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National Security Letters Are Unconstitutional, Federal Judge Rules


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EFF NSL legal team

EFF's NSL legal team. From left: Mark Rumold (off screen), Kurt Opsahl, Cindy Cohn, Matt Zimmerman and Nate Cardozo.

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A federal district court judge in San Francisco has ruled that National Security Letter (NSL) provisions in federal law violate the Constitution. The decision came in a lawsuit challenging a NSL on behalf of an unnamed telecommunications company represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

From The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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