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National Security Letters — Part 1

1188 pages · May 11, 2026 · Document date: Dec 4, 1981 · Broad topic: General · Topic: National Security Letters · 1018 pages OCR'd
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' * To: [ ELIVERING DIVISION] From: [DRAFTING DIVISION] U; --Re: ---- ~§s¬ [cast FILE nuussn, no/no/20051 U! FULL/PRELIMINARY Investigation Instituted: 00/00/2005 U! - Re£erence:- {§ [CASE FILE NUMBER Serial xxx] Enclosure s!: U! Enclosed for [DELIVERING DIVISION is an NSL dated [00/O0/2006], addressed to [COMPANY POC NAME], [TITLE {if available!], [COMPANY NAME], [COMPANY ADDRESS - NO P.O. BOX]: ECITY. STATE - NO ZIP CODE if using personal service], requesting consumer identifying information relating to the consumer listed _Details: 1% A [FULL/PRELIMINARY] [FOREIGN COUNTERINT IGENCE/INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM] investigation of subject, a [U.S. PERSON/NON-U.S. PERSON], was authorized in accordance with the Attorney General Guidelines because [GIVE A FULL EXPLANATION OF THE JUSTIFICATION FOR OPENING AND MAINTAINING THE INVESTIGATION ON THE SUBJECT: BAREBONES FACTS WILL NOT SUFFICE AND WILL CAUSE THE REQUEST TO BE REJECTED FOR LEGAL INSUFFICIENCY]. This consumer identifying information is being requested to [FULLY STATE THE RELEVANCE OF THE REQUESTED RECORDS TO THE INVESTIGATION]. U! This electronic communication documents the [APPROVING OFFICIAL's] approval and certification of the enclosed NSL. For mandatory reporting purposes, the enclosed NSL seeks consumer identifying information for [NUMBER OF] individual s!from [CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY A]: [NUMBER OF} individual s! from [CONSUMER REPORTING AGENCY B]; etc. [If you know how many credit report consumers are USPs, please state 1 U! The enclosed NSL will be personally delivered by [DELIVERING DIVISION]. U! Arrangements should be made with the consumer reporting agency to provide the records [personally to an employee of the DELIVERING DIVISION] within [NUMBER OF] business days of receipt of this request. The consumer reporting agency should neither send the records through routine mail service nor utilize the name of the subject of the request in any telephone calls to the FBI. U! Information received from a consumer reporting agency may not be disseminated outside the FBI, except to other Federal agencies in accordance with the Attorney General Guidelines for FBI National Security Investigations and Foreign Intelligence Collection and only as may be necessary for the conduct of a foreign counterintelligence investigation, or where the information concerns a person subject to the Uniform Code of snéngr 2
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