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		axus on Sept 3, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AT&T gives DEA 26 years of phone call records to w... Somehow I doubt the database detailing the history of subpoenas is as accurate as the one containing all the phone records. Is there anything like the FISA court for these subpoenas? I couldn't find any kind of checks on their power.

socillion on Sept 3, 2013 [–]

The DEA uses "administrative subpoenas", which they are allowed to unilaterally issue for anything relevant to an investigation.

Here's an older article on them: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/08/administrative-subp...

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