National Security Letter Law and Legal Definition
National security letters are administrative orders that are sent to compel the recipients of the letters to provide information to federal investigators. As authorized by the U.S. Patriot Act, the letters includes gag orders that forbid recipients from discussing the letter's contents and instructions. The letters do not require a judge's authorization, and are subject to limited judicial review. These letters are used by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and possibly other federal agencies.
Legal Definition list
- National Security Laboratory
- National Security Information
- National Security Entry/Exit Registration System
- National Security Entry-Exit Registration System
- National Security Division
- National Security Letter
- National Security System
- National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee [NSTAC]
- National Sex Offender Registry
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center [NSVRC]
- National Shipping Authority
Related Legal Terms
- 2.431 Certification Letter
- Abandoned Security Property [Agriculture]
- Academy for International Conflict Management and Peacebuilding [USIP]
- Access Control List [National Security]
- Access Control Mechanism [National Security]
- Accessible Space [National Security]
- Activity of Multinational Enterprises
- Administration Letters
- Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate Course [Education]
- Adverse Claim on Security
