US Appeals Court upholds FBI's NSLs (National Security Letters) and gag orders

[Rachael]

tl;dr This is a bad legal ruling for privacy and due process in the
United States.


The US Ninth Circuit Appeals Court in San Francisco issued a ruling
declaring that gag orders on the FBI's NSLs (National Security Letters)
are completely legal.

Reuters article
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-surveillance-idUSKBN1A21XJ

Link to full text of ruling
http://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2017/07/17/16-16067.pdf