Earlier this month, FBI Director James Comey announced that expanding the scope of data that can be collected through national security letters (NSL) would be the FBI’s primary legislative objective. To recap, national security letters or NSLs are documents that the FBI can send to companies (such as telephone and Internet service providers) demanding customer… [Read More]

Source: Senate Rejects Amendment Expanding FBI Surveillance Powers By Narrow Margin – Bill of Rights Defense Committee and Defending Dissent Foundation