Brewster Kahle gets FBI to back off

SF Chronicle: Internet Archive gets FBI to back off. Excerpt:

The FBI document, called a national security letter, told [Internet Archive founder Brewster] Kahle he could be prosecuted if he discussed the subject with anyone but his lawyers, and allowed him to speak with his attorneys only in person. ...

Kahle's case is one of only two other instances in which a national security letter has been challenged, his lawyers said Wednesday.

"National security letters allow the FBI to demand extremely sensitive personal information about innocent people, in total secrecy and without meaningful judicial review," said American Civil Liberties Union attorney Melissa Goodman.

"The big question is, How many other improper (letters) have been issued by the FBI and never challenged?" said attorney Marcia Hofmann of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. ...