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National Security Letters — Part 1
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The carrier has provided us with toll billing information, which was then placed into
our databases. There is no connection between their databases and our databases. The
information comes out electronically and moves into ours.
But, again, we're talking about -- | believe that the number of numbers at issue,
according to the inspector general, is somewhere in the neighborhood of 3,000.
And it is my belief, though, again, we'll have to wait and see what the special
inspection finds, that all of those numbers were lied to authorized investigations.
To the extent any were not, the records will be removed from our databases and
destroyed.
WATERS:
When will they be removed? How long will it take?
CAPRONI:
Again, | am anticipating that that special inspection will take a couple of weeks, at
least, but probably -- [ just actually don't want to speculate.
As T have...
WATERS:
Did you have a court order relative to your contracts with these telephone companies?
CAPRONI:
No, ma‘am.
WATERS:
Was there a court decision relative to the manner in which information was obtained?
CAPRONI:
The information was obtained from the carriers pursuant to -- it was supposed to be
obtained pursuant to the laws of ECPA.
WATERS:
But they were not.
CAPRONI:
Well, again, as Mr. Fine has indicated, there were these exigent letiers that were used.
What we're trying very hard to do is to unravel and to make sure that we do not have
the records of arryone who -- as to which there was not -- it wasn't relevant to an
authorized investigation.
(CROSSTALK)
WATERS:
How long have you been trying to do this?
CAPRONI:
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