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To: Sandy
"federal law forbids "

I haven't seen any support for that claim, though you're the second informed and reasonable person to make it.

This morning Volokh adopted the same analysis I made above in post 222.

241 posted on 05/12/2006 6:27:37 AM PDT by mrsmith
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To: mrsmith
I haven't seen any support for that claim, though you're the second informed and reasonable person to make it.

18 USC 2702(a)(3):

A provider of ... electronic communication service to the public shall not knowingly divulge a record or other information pertaining to a subscriber to or customer of such service ... to any governmental entity.
What you posted in 222 is the only close-to-point exception to the prohibition. However, to paraphrase Orin Kerr at Volokh, to believe that an emergency involving immediate danger can be ongoing for 4+ years isn't exactly reasonable.
255 posted on 05/12/2006 7:27:36 AM PDT by Sandy
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