{"id":844,"date":"2007-03-23T21:47:09","date_gmt":"2007-03-24T03:47:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/impeach_bush_blog\/?p=844"},"modified":"2017-06-06T05:07:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-06T11:07:51","slug":"my-national-security-letter-gag-order","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/my-national-security-letter-gag-order\/","title":{"rendered":"Bush Fascism: &#8220;My National Security Letter Gag Order&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post &#8211; Friday, March 23, 2007<br \/>\n<a class=\"imagelink\" href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/starshine_roshell-pw1.jpg\" ><img decoding=\"async\" style='float: left; margin: 0px 15px 15px 0px; width: 250px;' src=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/starshine_roshell-pw.thumbnail1.jpg\" alt=\"starshine_roshell-pw.jpg\" align= \"left\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nThree years ago, I received a national security letter (NSL) in my capacity as the president of a small Internet access and consulting business. The letter ordered me to provide sensitive information about one of my clients. There was no indication that a judge had reviewed or approved the letter, and it turned out that none had. The letter came with a gag provision that prohibited me from telling anyone, including my client, that the FBI was seeking this information. Based on the context of the demand &#8212; a context that the FBI still won&#8217;t let me discuss publicly &#8212; I suspected that the FBI was abusing its power and that the letter sought information to which the FBI was not entitled.<\/p>\n<p>Rather than turn over the information, I contacted lawyers at the American Civil Liberties Union, and in April 2004 I filed a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the NSL power. I never released the information the FBI sought, and last November the FBI decided that it no longer needs the information anyway. But the FBI still hasn&#8217;t abandoned the gag order that prevents me from disclosing my experience and concerns with the law or the national security letter that was served on my company. In fact, the government will return to court in the next few weeks to defend the gag orders that are imposed on recipients of these letters.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/impeachforpeace.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/AR2007032201882.html\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington Post &#8211; Friday, March 23, 2007 Three years ago, I received a national security letter (NSL) in my capacity as the president of a small Internet access and consulting business. The letter ordered me to provide sensitive information about one of my clients. 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