Police Blotter: Patriot Act wins a round (library gag order)

[Viva_La_Revolution]

From ZDNet
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5895424.html?tag=zdnn.alert

"Police blotter" is a weekly report on the intersection of technology and the law. This episode: The U.S. Supreme Court rejects an emergency appeal from a library organization regarding the Patriot Act.

What: A library organization asks the U.S. Supreme Court to grant an emergency appeal to lift a gag order related to the FBI's request for Internet records under the Patriot Act.

When: Decided on Oct. 7 by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who hears emergency appeals from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York.

Outcome: Ginsburg refuses to step in, saying the Second Circuit should handle the case for now.

What happened: When Congress approved the Patriot Act in the frenzied legislative response to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, the FBI received new powers to send secret National Security Letters (NSLs) that demand business records.

More at the link above.

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[texpatriot2004]

1. So the US "Supreme" Court is denying this gag order by not

making a decision on this?

[Viva_La_Revolution]

2. Ginsburg is letting the gag order stay in place (for now)

Basically, they could have put an end to the gag order (as they should) but decided to let it go through the system and 'see what happens.'

[texpatriot2004]

4. What does that mean, "let it go through the systems and see

what happens" ?

[texpatriot2004]

3. kick it n/t