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Friday, May 12, 2006

Just the tip the iceberg FISA pen register authority was not requested in compiling telephone information, as it required a court order for interception of calling pattern data. The scope of that provision was vastly expanded in the PATRIOT Act.

USA Today has revealed that the National Security Agency has been compiling telephone information on millions of innocent Americans that includes data about who, when, and where they are calling. here and here

The program probably violated 50 USC 1841-46, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the statute on interception of call detail information in criminal cases. here Both statutes require a court order for interception of information about calling patterns, even if the content of communications is not collected.

FISA, which makes it a crime to intercept the content of communications without a court order, has a broad definition of "content:" it includes not only information about the substance of communications, but also information about their very existence. Even under that definition, FISA also requires a court order for the interception of non-content information, using a so-called "pen register." here plus totally plus nsa plus database and here

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New restrictions would: --Give recipients of court-approved subpoenas for information in terrorist investigations the right to challenge a requirement that they refrain from telling anyone. --Eliminate a requirement that an individual provide the FBI with the name of a lawyer consulted about a National Security Letter, which is a demand for records issued by investigators. --Clarify that most libraries are not subject to demands in those letters for information about suspected terrorists. The legislation also takes aim at the distribution and use of methamphetamine by limiting the supply of a key ingredient found in everyday cold and allergy medicines. Yet another provision is designed to strengthen port security by imposing strict punishments on crew members who impede or mislead law enforcement officers trying to board their ships. New York Times Section 201 — Gives federal officials the authority to intercept wire, spoken and electronic communications relating to terrorism. Subsection 203(b) — Permits the sharing of grand jury information that involves foreign intelligence or counterintelligence with federal law enforcement, intelligence, protective, immigration, national defense or national security officials Section 204 — Makes clear that nothing in the law regarding pen registers — an electronic device which records all numbers dialed from a particular phone line — stops the government‘s ability to obtain foreign intelligence information. Section 207 — Increases the amount of time that federal officials may watch people they suspect are spies or terrorists. Section 212 — Permits Internet service providers and other electronic communication and remote computing service providers to hand over records and e-mails to federal officials in emergency situations. Section 215 — Authorizes federal officials to obtain "tangible items" like business records, including those from libraries and bookstores, for foreign intelligence and international terrorism investigations. Section 218 — Allows federal officials to wiretap or watch suspects if foreign intelligence gathering is a "significant purpose" for seeking a Federal Intelligence Surveillance Act order. The pre-Patriot Act standard said officials could ask for the surveillance only if it was the sole or main purpose. Section 223 — Amends the federal criminal code to provide for administrative discipline of federal officers or employees who violate prohibitions against unauthorized disclosures of information gathered under this act. Section 225 — Amends FISA to prohibit lawsuits against people or companies that provide information to federal officials for a terrorism investigation.