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by mtgx 3662 days ago
If it was a speed thing, the FBI could show "good faith" [1] and say that a judge should verify the request post-facto and (in)validate it.

But of course it doesn't do that, because the FBI doesn't operate in "good faith", and because it would prefer as little oversight as possible - which is what this request is really about anyway: the removal of judicial oversight, even beyond its rapidly growing abuse of NSLs [2].

[1] - https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20160605/09111034626/appea...

[2] - https://blogs.microsoft.com/on-the-issues/2016/04/14/keeping...