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Argument: Argument thesis  NSA warrantless wiretapping can be rationalized
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Parent Node: Node supports parent assertion  Abuse is already occurring
Node Text: DoD abusing National Security Letters

The military is using the FBI to skirt legal restrictions on domestic surveillance to obtain private records of Americans' Internet service providers, financial institutions and telephone companies, according to Pentagon documents.

The American Civil Liberties Union expressed outrage at the new revelations, based its conclusion on a review of more than 1,000 documents turned over by the Defense Department after it sued the agency last year for documents related to national security letters, or NSLs, investigative tools used to compel businesses to turn over customer information without a judge's order or grand jury subpoena.

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Node Created: Ulysses Berman — 2008-04-02 18:34:46

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