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National security letter recipient challenges FBI on gag order

Since the passage of the Patriot Act in the frantic wake of the 2001 terrorist attacks, the FBI has had more or less carte blanche to issue National Security Letters to private companies--including

The PATRIOT Act: Shouldn't we be stunned and angry already?

The USA PATRIOT Act marked its 10th anniversary last week, making this a good time to reflect on what the counter-terrorism law has meant to our constitutional democracy, individual freedoms and