Patriot Abuse

We were therefore not allowed to testify to Congress about our experience with the letters - which seek information, without court review, on people like library users.

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Reportedly hundreds of thousands of security letters have been sent out. The recipients remain gagged and can never speak about their experience, under threat of a five-year prison sentence. They can never describe the scope and nature of the information they give to the FBI.

Therefore, it is laughable to assume that no abuse has been made of the security-letter provision. The secrecy under which the provision is administered guarantees a lack of oversight.

But these things don't happen in this country.

Please.

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