This is a tiny detail, but it rubs me the wrong way.
National Security Letters — secret demands for records and information from the FBI — have been in the news lately. Once an obscure tool that allowed the bureau to get information on suspected spies and terrorists without court approval, the Patriot Act expanded their application so that now they are reportedly used against U.S. journalists and other law-abiding Americans.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=183344