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		spacefight on Sept 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Probable Cache Poisoning of Mail-Handling Domains Warrants? They have plenty of NSLs and even executive orders at hand.

brlewis on Sept 12, 2014 [–]

"By law, NSLs can request only non-content information, for example, transactional records and phone numbers dialed." - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter

Executive orders are also subject to law. An executive order would not have made Nixon's wiretaps legal, for example.

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