International Law

White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity

According to the Washington Post, the Obama administration is seeking to expand (or "clarify") the authority of the FBI to seek web-surfing records with a national security letter. The current law allows the FBI to require the production of "transactional" information without a warrant but not content information. The FBI is of the view that the current statute allows them this authority, but want it clarified to avoid "unnecessary litigation". See: White House proposal would ease FBI access to records of Internet activity.

Full post as published by The Canadian Privacy Law Blog on July 30, 2010 (boomark / email).