National Security Letters in Foreign Intelligence Investigations: Legal Background

by Charles Doyle

Five federal statutes authorize intelligence officials to request certain business record information in connection with national security investigations. The authority to issue these national security letters (NSLs) is comparable to the authority to issue administrative subpoenas. The USA PATRIOT Act expanded the authority under four of the NSL statutes and created the fifth. Thereafter, the authority has been reported to have been widely used. Prospects...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1505292174
• ISBN13: 9781505292176
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 42 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"