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Re:Yahoo scanned customer emails for US intelligence by StanislavPetrov on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @08:07PM (#12640672)
>I wonder what the actual personal consequences are for someone going public that there is an NSL requested.

Under the Patriot Act its 5 years in federal prison for any individual who violates a gag order.

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Re:Yahoo scanned customer emails for US intelligence by jsmthrowaway on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @11:44AM (#12644830)
Can you cite that, please? I've actually read laws trying to find the answer to the original question and I came up empty.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12639809

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