James Nimmo pointed the way to This One that says it’s not uncommon for FBI agents to ask companies to hand over customer and employee data without a warrant. And in cases related to national security investigations, the companies are often giving law enforcement what it wants, according to a poll of 797 chief security officers released last week.
“Agents in certain field offices are impatient and view you as unpatriotic (if you decline). I’ve had instances where agents have said, ‘Give me your Social Security number and your address’ to an in-house lawyer who wouldn’t produce records without a subpoena.”
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