&gt;afaik no one ever went public announcing and publishing NSL right as he got it.<p>Because going public is a federal crime punishable by many years in federal prison under 18 U.S.C. § 2709 and the Patriot Act section 505.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.law.cornell.edu&#x2F;uscode&#x2F;text&#x2F;18&#x2F;2709" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.law.cornell.edu&#x2F;uscode&#x2F;text&#x2F;18&#x2F;2709</a><p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gpo.gov&#x2F;fdsys&#x2F;pkg&#x2F;BILLS-107hr3162enr&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;BILLS-107hr3162enr.pdf" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.gpo.gov&#x2F;fdsys&#x2F;pkg&#x2F;BILLS-107hr3162enr&#x2F;pdf&#x2F;BILLS-1...</a><p>Kudos to whoever has the balls to sit in solitary confinement in federal prison for years or decades while the kangaroo courts here in the USA consider and reject their pleas for justice.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;AlexanderAbdo&#x2F;status&#x2F;723181432424652800" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;AlexanderAbdo&#x2F;status&#x2F;723181432424652800</a>