Overview[]
Title 18, U.S. Code, section 2709 provides that:
| “ | [a] wire or electronic communication service provider shall comply with a request for subscriber information and toll billing records information, or electronic communication transactional records in its custody or possession made by the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation under subsection (b) of this section. | ” |
Subsection (b) requires that the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (or his designee) certify that the information sought is relevant to an authorized investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities,