Congress’ attempt to fix the problems with a key aspect of the USA PATRIOT Act has failed to satisfy a Manhattan federal judge.
Southern District of New York Judge Victor Marrero Thursday ruled unconstitutional a provision authorizing the FBI to issue a form of administrative subpoena called a National Security Letter (NSL), finding that an amended gag order on recipients of the letters still violated the First Amendment.
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