Posted on 05/31/2013 4:15:48 PM PDT by Nachum
A federal judge in California ordered Google to comply with an FBI national security investigation after the search giant launched a protest against the bureau’s request.
U.S. District Judge Susan Illston rejected Google’s petition to modify or throw out 19 national security letters (NSL) related to federal government investigations due to the broad nature of the petition, CNET reported Friday.
“Her ruling came after a pair of top FBI officials, including an assistant director, submitted classified affidavits,” CNET reported, stating that Illston reserved judgement on two of the 19 letters and requested more information from the government.
NSLs allow federal officials to secretly gather electronic data on a suspect without a warrant or court approval.
Google launched its protest of the FBI’s request at the end of March, citing concerns over the secrecy requirements of the requests.
That same month, Illston ruled that the letters accompanied by nondisclosure requirements were unconstitutional.
In March, through its transparency report, the search giant began sharing general information about the number of NSL requests it gets from the FBI.
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Why doesn’t a judge order the White House to comply with Congressional sublenas?
Consider: Illston was appointed on the unanimous recommendations of Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein and was nominated by President Bill Clinton on January 23, 1995 and confirmed by the Senate on May 25, 1995 by majority voice vote.
Google supported Obama. Now they got what they asked for, not what they wanted.
If one did, they would ignore it, and shop for a judge to side with them. Google has no such option.
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