Termination Procedures for National Security Letter Nondisclosure Requirement

In accordance with the Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline over Monitoring Act (USA FREEDOM Act), the U.S. Attorney General approved the attached “Termination Procedures for National Security Letter Nondisclosure Requirement.”

The procedures require the FBI to re-review the need for the nondisclosure requirement of an NSL three years after the initiation of a full investigation and at the closure of the investigation, and to terminate the nondisclosure requirement when the facts no longer support nondisclosure. These procedures apply to investigations that close or reach their three year anniversary on or after the effective date of these procedures. Upon a determination that the facts no longer support nondisclosure, the FBI will send to the recipient of the NSL a notice that the Bureau has lifted the nondisclosure obligation.

Read the full text of the procedures