"I Could Tell No Person"
Clip: Season 2014 Episode 10 | 5m
Nick Merrill receives a highly secretive data request from the FBI.
Ten years later, Nick Merrill still can't discuss the details of the National Security Letter he received from the FBI. If he could, Merrill says, people would be shocked by the implications for their online privacy.
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"I Could Tell No Person"
Clip: Season 2014 Episode 10 | 5m
Ten years later, Nick Merrill still can't discuss the details of the National Security Letter he received from the FBI. If he could, Merrill says, people would be shocked by the implications for their online privacy.
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