National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations : Legal Background and Recent Amendments.

Examines statutory authority of intelligence officials to issue national security letters (NSLs) to compel certain types of service providers to produce records of their customers and other items relevant to terrorism investigations. Provides background on NSLs, reviews 109th Congress amendments to...

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Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2006.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	United States. > Laws, etc. (Statutes of the United States) Criminal procedure. Governmental investigations. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Examines statutory authority of intelligence officials to issue national security letters (NSLs) to compel certain types of service providers to produce records of their customers and other items relevant to terrorism investigations. Provides background on NSLs, reviews 109th Congress amendments to NSL statutes, and presents comparison of NSL attributes.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.