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# Google Says the FBI Is Secretly Spying on Some of Its Customers
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A Wired article mentions [figures released from Google][0] regarding National
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Security Letters issued by the NSA under the Patriot Act. It is too early to
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comment in much detail on this matter (I would like to wait for commentary from
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the EFF), but, as the article mentions:
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[0]: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/03/google-nsl-range/?cid=co6199824
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> Google said the number of accounts connected to National Security letters
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> ranged between “1000-1999″ for each of the reported years other than 2010. In
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> that year, the range was “2000-2999.”
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The [EFF provides additional information, including recommendations on what to
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do about such requests][1] via their Surveillance Self-Defense website. As
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quoted from that website:
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> And it's even worse for FISA subpoenas, which can be used to force anyone to
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> hand over anything in complete secrecy, and which were greatly strengthened
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> by Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act. The government doesn't have to show
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> probable cause that the target is a foreign power or agent — only that they
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> are seeking the requested records "for" an intelligence or terrorism
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> investigation. Once the government makes this assertion, the court must
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> issue the subpoena.
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To add insult to injury:
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> FISA orders and National Security Letters will also come with a gag order that
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> forbids you from discussing them. Do NOT violate the gag order. Only speak to
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> members of your organization whose participation is necessary to comply with
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> the order, and your lawyer.
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[1]: https://ssd.eff.org/foreign/fisa
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