The Ethiopian government demanded Italian records on the incidents during that month.

Since 9/11, the F.B.I. has turned more frequently to an administrative subpoena, known as a national security letter, to demand such records.

Agents everywhere, poking into everything, grilling everybody, demanding records and receipts from ten or fifteen years ago.

The other main sticking point is an administrative subpoena, called a national security letter, that gives the federal government the power to demand records without a judge's approval.

It generally contained greater restrictions on the government's power than the House bill - requiring, for instance, a higher standard of proof in demanding records.

They demanded records and documentation, but when Papa provided those things, they called them forgeries.

It has demanded records from about 40 companies.

The bureau's power to use national security letters to demand records without a judge's approval was expanded under the antiterrorism law.

In Canada, the Access to Information Act allows citizens to demand records from federal bodies.

Some critics maintain that the bureau has abused its subpoena powers to demand records in thousands of cases.