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US Court prohibits the FBI Wiretap citizens ‘ phone and mail

To stop the practice of eavesdropping on phone calls and e-mail to citizens by so-called national security letters, the Court recognized that such acts unconstitutional.

Upon the decision of judge Susan illston of San Francisco, the exercise overall control on mail and telephone calls of citizens by the US Administration for the purpose of combating terrorism violate human rights.

The so-called “Patriot Act” has emerged following the events of 11 September 2001, which gives the FBI authority to monitor communications without informing the users and without judicial decisions or orders, the judge’s view of San Francisco, the greater part of tens of thousands of so-called national security letters filed in the counter-espionage sent illegally.

The national security messages appear first in the United States in 1978 after the adoption of the law on the “right to privacy”. It allowed the Federal Bureau of investigation and other agencies for similar administrative orders sent to judicial notices demanding enterprises by providing personal data to foreigners suspected of involvement in espionage. And if that requires decisions from the courts, and were not subject to censorship.

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National security letters included a requirement not to reveal their content, and so was the case for the fact of receipt of such document and turn the “Patriot Act” served expanded rights of special devices, from the time of its release allowed it to confiscate and drag files and review email and telephone tapping of Americans. and has set the period of validity of this law in four years, but that Congress was always extending, indifferent to the debates on the wisdom and reasonableness of this law in 2007 was Glen, where u.s. attorney told Congress a report that Bug in counting the number of such messages in the counter-espionage 22% means it simply sent in violation of the law. And timely request from the FBI to consider carefully all requests for national security messages and control the process of obtaining statements on formulation and preparation.

I suppose also improve accountability and follow-up and the eligibility and suitability of use., should enter the ban approved by judge Susan illston into force within 90 days, even the lawyers have the opportunity to appeal. The suit was brought to court in 2011 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation to protect Internet users ‘ rights on behalf of unnamed telecommunications company.

Mitt said Zimmerman, President of the Electronic Frontier Foundation collection: “we are satisfied with the judge’s decision. Previous decisions of the Government emptied the popular debates about this controversial method, content and nature of undermined their usefulness. The national security letters violate, in fact the first amendment in the Constitution and the freedom of speech “

And Google has recently embarked on an unprecedented move, revealed information about how many times the FBI requested information about its users.

Between 2009 and 2012 up to 900 received the letter which called “national security letters”. In 2010, the company had to provide between 2,000 to 2,999 in response and the response to such requests. Google was also received on average about 1000 to 1999 of these messages per year.