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diminoten on Dec 5, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: NSA tracking cellphone locations worldwide, Snowde...

200,000 people haven't been silenced, as there are ways of challenging an NSL in court.

Also, 192k requests were sent, not 200,000 people silenced.

Sensationalism ruins this debate. Please stop.

eliasmacpherson on Dec 5, 2013 [–]

Do you accept that the NSL is a gag order in addition to a request? 200k was a low ball. Your figure of 192k is from 2006. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter

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