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S.2088: A bill to place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters, and for other purposes.

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June 19, 2008 REWRITING SOME PATRIOT ACT STUPIDITY

Now Feingold is back with S. 2088, a bill to rein in the FBI and restore the people’s Constitutional rights. As he puts it, we’ve learned the hard way that “trust us” doesn’t cut it when it comes to preventing government snoops fro

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Source: Jim Hightower's Common-Sense Commentaries


June 05, 2008 CDT Policy Post on Network Management CDT issued a policy post ...

CDT and other organizations issued a letter endorsing the NSL Reform Act, S. 2088, which would place more restrictions on how NSLs are issued and subject them to judicial oversight. CDT Testimony: DHS, State Using Insecure RFID ...

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Source: privacy


May 28, 2008 EFF.org:FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter ...

Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) introduced a Senate bill of the same name (S. 2088). Both bills are aimed at narrowing the statute by enacting limits on when and how NSLs can be used and bringing the gag order provision in line with the ...

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May 17, 2008 One Dead iMac, One Happy Apple Customer My almost-new 24-inch iMac ...

CDT and other organizations issued a letter endorsing the NSL Reform Act, S. 2088, which would place more restrictions on how NSLs are issued and subject them to judicial oversight. Health Data Systems Need A Comprehensive Privacy and ...

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Source: privacy


May 09, 2008 FBI Withdraws Unconstitutional National Security Letter After ACLU ...

Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) introduced a Senate bill of the same name (S. 2088). Both bills are aimed at narrowing the statute by enacting limits on when and how NSLs can be used and bringing the gag order provision in line with the ...

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Source: The Privacy / Rights Project


May 08, 2008 ‘russell feingold’ on the web

Representative Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) has introduced HR 3189, the “National Security Letters Reform Act of 2007,” and Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI) introduced a Senate bill of the same name (S. 2088). Both bills are aimed at narrowing ...

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Source: From me to you about Russell Feingolds


April 26, 2008 National Security Letters Reform Act

DownsizeDC.org has joined 28 other organizations in sending the House and Senate a message asking them to support S. 2088, the National Security Letters Reform Act. Here is the copy of the letter sent to the Senate:. April 22, 2008 ...

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April 26, 2008 National Security Letters Reform Act

National Security Letters Reform Act DownsizeDC.org has joined 28 other organizations in sending the House and Senate a message asking them to support S. 2088, the National Security Letters Reform Act. Here is the copy of the letter ...

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April 23, 2008 Will the Senate Rein in the NSL Authority?

The bipartisan NSL Reform Act of 2007, S. 2088, is one such fix. The bill requires that NSLs be issued only to collect information about terrorists and spies, their associates and their activities. It also fixes the unconstitutional gag ...

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Source: Open Left - Front Page


April 22, 2008 National Security Letters Reform Act, S. 2088

Arlen Specter, Ranking Minority Member Senate Committee on the Judiciary 224 Dirksen Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Re: National Security Letters Reform Act, S. 2088 Dear Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Specter: The ...

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Source: The Multiracial Activist


April 15, 2008 A Dual Challenge to National Security Letters

It's been shown time and again that our intelligence agencies have been abusing their already-broad NSL powers, which is why we're supporting HR 3189 and S. 2088, the National Security Letters Reform Act of 2007. ...

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Source: ACLU Blog


March 13, 2008 Senator Russ Feingold Statement on NSL Report

Senator Russ Feingold Statement on NSL Report in: 2008 Elections, Civil liberties, Congress, Surveillance From a press release: ... Letter Reform Act of 2007  (NSL Reform Act of 2007) S.2088 Senator Feingold’s bill

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Source: Chronicles of Dissent — “A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government” — Edward Abbey


November 28, 2007 Your favorite book sucks, and is un-American

Want to change that? One step in the right direction would be to contact your Senator about getting S.2088 out of Committee and on to the floor. Oh, and tell them to vote for it. And then to override the veto.

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September 24, 2007 S. 2088, A bill to place reasonable limitations on the use of ...

S. 2088 would place reasonable limitations on the use of National Security Letters....

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