Darknet Diaries

176: NSL


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One day Nick got a visit from the FBI demanding he give them data on one of his customers. They asked for it in the form of a National Security Letter or NSL. Something wasn’t right about this letter. It seemed to violate the constitution. So he set out to change the law.

Learn more about Nicks work at calyxinstitute.org and phreeli.com.

Check out Cindy’s book Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance (https://amzn.to/4gXuK2J).

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Sources
  • https://www.democracynow.org/2010/8/11/gagged_for_6_years_nick_merrill
  • https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/u-s-nicholas-merrill-v-loretta-e-lynch-14-cv-9763-vm/
  • https://clearinghouse.net/case/12966/
  • https://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/dec/06/fbi-national-security-letter-gag-order-nick-merrill
  • https://www.aclu.org/documents/national-security-letters
  • https://www.eff.org/cases/re-matter-2011-national-security-letter
  • Cindy’s Book: Privacy’s Defender: My Thirty-Year Fight Against Digital Surveillance
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