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It would be a technical violation of the law to reveal to ANYONE including your lawyer that you received an NSL.
by thecodeore 13y ago
It would be a technical violation of the law to reveal to ANYONE including your lawyer that you received an NSL.
- m3koval 13y agoNope. Maybe it used to be true, but not as of 2007. "…prohibits you…from disclosing this letter, other than to…an attorney to obtain legal advice or legal assistance with respect to this letter."" Source: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/EFF-IA_National_Security_Letter_2.PNG http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/91/EFF-IA_Na...
- ISL 13y agoIs it interpreted as singular, "an attorney", or can you send NSLs to everyone in the American Bar Association for a second opinion?
- reeses 13y agoIt's good to shop around, especially here in California, one of the states where graduates from non-accredited law schools can join the bar. :-) I can't see a reasonable way of establishing bona fides other than creating a strong implication/inference of "national security". (My wife is a federal attorney, and it is disappointing how warped "the government's" perspectives are on rights and what is reasonable.)
- antihero 13y agoJust saying, there is no law on god's earth that would stop me talking to my girlfriend. The government simply does not have that right and I would NEVER recognise it.
- mcherm 13y agoYou don't have to recognize that right so long as you're willing to take Snowden's route: flee to a country that is willing to stand up to the US and never return.
- pessimizer 13y agoThe law doesn't work by individual consent, it works by hitting individuals with sticks or locking them in closets until they comply.