Events (10)

• December 4, 1981: Executive Order Establishes ‘National Security Letters’ 1981-12-04
• December 21, 2003: FBI Compiles Massive Data on Las Vegas Tourists During Terror Alert 2003-12-21
• July 13, 2005: ’Connecticut Four’ Sues Justice Department Over NSL 2005-07-13
• October 25, 2005: Executive Order Allows FBI to Compile Data on US Citizens Without Their Knowledge 2005-10-25
• April 11, 2007: National Security Expert Testifies to Abuses of NSLs, Data Mining 2007-04-11
• April 11, 2007: ’Connecticut Four’ Plaintiff Testifies to Senate 2007-04-11
• August 2005-May 2006: ’Connecticut Four’ Case Goes to Trial; FBI Withdraws After Patriot Act Reauthorized
• January 2004: FBI Begins Compiling Database of Information on US Citizens
• 2004: Congress Fails to Exert Oversight on Use of National Security Letters
• February 2005: Connecticut Librarians Refuse to Comply with NSL Over Hoax Terrorist Threat