A federal judge has denied a request by federal law enforcement officials seeking to surveil Internet records, saying the federal government had failed to show “specific and articulable facts” justifying the request.

Officials had been seeking records related to 21 accounts associated with 9 suspected perpetrators. The accounts include those provided by Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Hotmail.

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