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asperous on Aug 21, 2013 | parent | context | favorite | on: October 3, 2011 FISC Opinion Holding NSA Surveilla...

It's not hard to guess honestly, especially with Quest getting those NSLs and the ceo getting fired, and ATT "secret rooms". They redacted them for legal reasons so companies can't sue ATT/Quest/etc. for "federally documented proof of violation of privacy contracts." Though that would be hilarious if it happened.

bobwaycott on Aug 22, 2013 [–]

Haven't these companies already received retroactive immunity by act of Congress?

asperous on Aug 22, 2013 | [–]

That may be true; another reason that they might be redacted is the "national security concern" of people (aka terrorists) avoiding those ISPs.

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