Archive for the 'FBI' Category

More on the FBI/Frederick Library Issue

August 9th, 2008

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After MD Library Turns Over Computers in Anthrax Case, FBI Asks for Warrant

August 8th, 2008

Library Journal: – “Though the director of the Frederick County Public Libraries (FCPL), MD, last week acceded to the request by the FBI for two library computers without requesting a warrant, the FBI yesterday requested and got a search warrant to search those computers, which it alleged were used by Bruce Ivins, the anthrax scientist [...]

FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter After ACLU and EFF Challenge

May 7th, 2008

Electronic Frontier Foundation – “The FBI has withdrawn an unconstitutional national security letter (NSL) issued to the Internet Archive after a legal challenge from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF). As the result of a settlement agreement, the FBI withdrew the NSL and agreed to the unsealing of the [...]

Spies, Spies, Everywhere There Are Spies…

October 11th, 2007

AP – “FBI officials followed a terrorism suspect to a public library and when he was done using a computer there violated his privacy by making, without a warrant, records of the Web pages and e-mail addresses that he had accessed, the man’s attorney alleged Thursday”