FBI letters ruled illegal
Secret subpoenas found to violate free speech
Posted: March 17, 2013 at 3:48 a.m.
A federal court in California has ruled that a surveillance tool widely used by the FBI to obtain information on Americans without court oversight is unconstitutional because the gag order that accompanies it violates the First Amendment.
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