Talk:National security letter

message: Explain how a judge could have halted the program, and yet the FBI issued 9,000 NSLs last year.  --  Geo Swan 01:08, 3 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: to do

message: Does not mention fact that they are facially unconstitutional.  --Daniel C. Boyer 19:28, 20 May 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Facially Unconsitutional

message: Doe v. Gonzales and Doe_v._Ashcroft are outdated. They don't contain the results of the appeals. --Enric Naval (talk) 10:52, 29 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  lawsuits are outdated 

message: Hi . I'm writing about this edit, in which you added unsourced commentary in two different places:
* "The New York Times reported the Pentagon and the CIA have issued NSLs, although that information was probably misreported because the federal statutes do not authorize the CIA to issue NSLs."
* "(Merrill probably meant to say that he could have told his girlfriend he was meeting with his attorney, but that he could not reveal to her what the meeting was about.)"
You clearly know a lot about NSLs, and your contributions to this page are valued, but these particular additions seem like unverifiable original research to me. Per our verifiability policy, we're limited to presenting what reliable sources such as the New York Times and the Washington Post say. It's not our place to speculate that the sources were "probably" misreported the truth or the interviewees were "probably" misunderstood. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 07:18, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Probably 

message: , can you please explain here why you want to use "nondisclosure order" instead of "gag order?" Most reliable sources use "gag order." Generally speaking we usually follow reliable sources and avoid legal jargon. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 08:49, 21 September 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gag order 

message: During testimony in an oversight hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on May 3, 2017, FBI Director James Comey said that internet browsing history may be requested by a NSL. I added this to the article and cited the source, but it was removed saying "not a reliable source".  Are you saying that the Congressional Record is not a reliable source for what someone says during a congressional hearing? Sparkie82 (t•c)  00:22, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: The problem is that at least the way you phrased it, you were using Comey's testimony as a source for the contention that internet browsing history may be requested by a NSL. It can't be used that way. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 04:34, 6 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: How about adding the sentence, "The FBI director has claimed that NSLs may request internet browsing history."? Sparkie82 (t•c)  11:37, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
replies: text: Not in the lead section, and not as written. Comey's statement (which isn't reliable, btw) is part of the broader question of whether, how, and when the FBI was authorized to request internet browsing history in an NSL. For instance, here's a reliable source from June 2016 saying the FBI was not authorized. Here's a reliable source from the same period saying the Obama administration requested authorization and there was pending legislation. There are likely more reliable sources on this subject. Put those together, and I can potentially see Comey's May 3, 2017 statement fitting in. --Dr. Fleischman (talk) 16:53, 9 May 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comey said internet browsing history may be requested by a NSL 

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message: I assume that these are the leftovers of a vandalism attack by 105.74.13.220, but the preview still has some gibberish that I don't know how to get rid of.
I suggest that once this is handled, this page should have some sort of protection, given its history. Ceruleanix (talk) 21:24, 7 December 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Vandalized Page Preview