Senators Ask FBI to Explain Flawed 'National Security Letter' to Internet Archive - Via Threat Level: A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is asking FBI head Robert Mueller to explain why the feds sought records from the Internet Archive, a digital library, using a controversial administrative subpoena known as a National Security Letter, which is intended for a communications service providers. The Internet Archive, a digital library of the web and media, beat the November 26 NSL with the help of attorneys at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the American Civil Liberties Union. In April, the FBI agreed to withdraw the request for records on a Internet Archive user and lift the gag order that typically attaches to such requests. The six senators sent Mueller a letter Thursday, asking him to explain what happened and to find out if the FBI reported the  incident to an oversight board as a possible violation of federal law.  read more »