{"id":11166,"date":"2007-03-27T05:54:05","date_gmt":"2007-03-27T12:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/03\/27\/gagged-2.html"},"modified":"2007-03-27T05:54:05","modified_gmt":"2007-03-27T12:54:05","slug":"gagged_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/27\/gagged_2.html","title":{"rendered":"Gagged"},"content":{"rendered":"

A fascinating article by an anonymous writer about having received a National Security Letter for information<\/a> and being bound by a built-in gag order not to tell anyone <\/em>about it, even the fact of having received it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Living under the gag order has been stressful and surreal. Under the threat of criminal prosecution, I must hide all aspects of my involvement in the case — including the mere fact that I received an NSL — from my colleagues, my family and my friends. When I meet with my attorneys I cannot tell my girlfriend where I am going or where I have been. I hide any papers related to the case in a place where she will not look. When clients and friends ask me whether I am the one challenging the constitutionality of the NSL statute, I have no choice but to look them in the eye and lie.<\/p>\n

[…] I found it particularly difficult to be silent about my concerns while Congress was debating the reauthorization of the Patriot Act in 2005 and early 2006. If I hadn’t been under a gag order, I would have contacted members of Congress to discuss my experiences and to advocate changes in the law.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I apologize in advance to the rest of the nation — if I got such a letter, Margie would be the first person to know about it, even if that were a felony under the law.<\/p>\n

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(via kottke<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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