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One day Nick got a visit from the FBI demanding he give them data on one of his customers. They asked for it in the form of a National Security Letter or NSL. Something wasn’t right about this letter. It seemed to violate the constitution. So he set out to change the law. Learn more about Nicks work at calyxinstitute.org and phreeli.com.
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this was the first telephone switch ever invented, in 1889, invented because one guy didn't trust humans to connect the calls and decided to use technology to solve his problem.
“the letter commanded me to never tell any person. But I was like, whatever, I can still talk to a lawyer. They can't tell me that I can't. That part I was very clear on from all the law I had studied. There’s no such thing as denying you the right to counsel.”
“So, this was already six or seven years of my life under a gag order.”
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