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Ardrentoday at 7:44 PM2 repliesview on HN

> While ICE “requested” that Google not notify Thomas Johnson, the request was not enforceable or mandated by a court

Sounds like Google stopped caring.

But... Why on earth do the people filing an administrative subpoena not have to notify the interested parties too? Why is it Google's responsibility? If they didn't tell you, would you ever find out?


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noselasdtoday at 8:51 PM

> But... Why on earth do the people filing an administrative subpoena not have to notify the interested parties too?

Generally they do - with some notable exceptions being if you're a non-citizen and you're no longer in the US, and it's either a criminal investigation or related to intelligence or national security.

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titanomachytoday at 7:50 PM

What do you mean? Eventually notifying him seems like the one thing Google did right here.

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