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White House Won’t Seek High Court Review of NSL Gag Order

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Obama administration decides to let stand lower court decisions declaring the gag order provisions of the controversial 2001 Patriot Act unconstitutional. The choice means the government will have to develop new procedures under which it will bear the constitutional burden of justifying any gag that it seeks to impose.
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The Obama
administration has chose not to seek a Supreme Court review of lower court
decisions striking down controversial Patriot Act provisions allowing the
government to impose gag orders on NSLs (national security letters) recipients.
FBI NSLs require recipients to turn over sensitive in…