“We should be very, very, very concerned that they’ve now taken one of these to a grand jury.”.
Digital free speech advocates with the Electronic Frontier Foundation have closely tracked the investigations, finding that the government repeatedly folded when challenged in court.
A grand jury subpoena, however, is a much different animal, said David Greene, EFF’s senior counsel.
Greene knew of no examples during the recent wave of immigration enforcement-related investigations in which a leading tech company has been called to appear before one of the secret panels.
“We should be very, very, very concerned that they’ve now taken one of these to a grand jury,” said Greene.
None of the records associated with the grand jury case will be accessible to the public.
According to Regan, “They are able to hide what they are doing under the guise of a federal grand jury. »