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by rdl·17y ago·view on hn ↗
The only way they can do this (legally) without presenting a warrant involves a "National Security Letter", but even those need to go up before a secret court.

Another win for redundancy in your hosting! Especially across jurisdictional boundaries. Hopefully the affected customers and service provider will be able to recover damages from business continuity insurance.

(Shooting it out with federal agents who have arrived to perform and illegal search/seizure is a bad idea...)

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Correct. "It is a demand letter issued to a particular entity or organization to turn over various record and data pertaining to individuals. They require no probable cause or judicial oversight." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter

Anyone who wants to watch a documentary largely about these letters should watch Spying On The Homefront by PBS Frontline (you can watch it online):

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/homefront/