EFF Sues For Release of NSL Abuse Records

On the heels of Congressional hearings and extensive media coverage of a Justice Department report documenting abuse of privacy measures, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is seeking an emergency order that would require the FBI to surrender and make public all records regarding the misuse of National Security Letters (NSLs) to collect private information from American citizens.

With the NSLs, federal agents could collect telephone, Internet, financial, credit, and other personal records about Americans without the need for judicial approval. The vast amount of power that this gave the FBI became a major concern in Congress once the Justice Department came forward with its reports of how the system had been misused.

"Congress has already dedicated several hearings to the FBI's abuse of investigative power and is thinking about how to prevent such abuses in the future," said
The EFF filed suit under the Freedom of Information Act demanding that the  
Considering that search records have been used in federal cases involving murder, any conversation about the topic of privacy has to be inclusive of online practices. ISPs are already selling