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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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That will have to be determined through the inspection. I do not know the answer to that question. DAVIS: Well, you know that that’s been reported. And I assume, Mr. Fine, neither you nor Ms. Caproni have any basis to dispute what Mr. Youssef's lawyers are saying about him muaking that report. CAPRONI: ] would note that Mr. Youssef is in litigation with the FBI. DAVIS: That's not what I asked you. I asked you if you had any basis to dispute the report, CAPRONI: I don't know one way or the other... DAVIS: Mr. Fine, do you have a basis to dispute that there were complaints raised by the former head of the Communications Analysis Unit? FINE: We didn't review what he did... DAVIS: Mr. Fine, how ts it posstble that you did not review the fact that the former head of the unt raised questions about the misuse of the NSLs? How is it remotely possible that was not reviewed? FINE: We reviewed what happened in that unit and what was issued. And we did review the discussions that occurred between the Office of General Counsel and... DAVIS: Mr. Fine, if the head of the unit, not a secretary, not an intern, not a line officer, but the head of the unit raised concerns, how is it possible that you didn't conduct an interview of Mr. Youssef? FINE: We did interview Mr. Youssef. And he did not -- we did not hear that concern from him. And. in fact, from the interview of Mr. Youssef, and also from the review of the records, we saw that he signed a letter. And many... DAVIS: Are you disputing that Mr. Youssef complained about the improper issuance of NSLs?
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