The Communications Exploitation Section (CXS), established in December 2002, is an office of the Operations II branch of the
FBI Counterterrorism Division
The Counterterrorism Division (CTD) is a division of the National Security Branch of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. CTD investigates terrorist threats inside the United States, provides information on terrorists outside the country, and t ...
, which is tasked with analyzing captured communications data (such as phone call records and internet traffic) to identify and monitor "terrorist" networks.
From 2003 to 2005, CXS sent out 739 "exigent letters" to U.S. telephone companies requesting that they send phone call records for their customers.
See also
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Communications Assistance For Law Enforcement Act
The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), also known as the "Digital Telephony Act," is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994, during the presidency of Bill Clinton (Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279, codified at 47 ...
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Surveillance
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War on Terrorism
The war on terror, officially the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT), is an ongoing international counterterrorism military campaign initiated by the United States following the September 11 attacks. The main targets of the campaign are militant ...
References
Further reading
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A Review of the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Use of Exigent Letters and Other Informal Requests for Telephone Records',
U.S. Department of Justice
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ), also known as the Justice Department, is a federal executive department of the United States government tasked with the enforcement of federal law and administration of justice in the United State ...
, Office of the Inspector General, Oversight and Review Division, January 2010 (Accessed: August 14, 2010)
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Robert Mueller,
The FBI's Counterterrorism Program: Report to The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States'
* Bassem Yousse
Letter to Director Mueller*
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