"broad request" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It can be used to describe a request or demand that is wide-ranging, general, or inclusive. Example: "The CEO made a broad request for all employees to submit their ideas for improving company culture."
The I.R.S. had threatened to revive its legal challenge to UBS through a broad request for client names known as a John Doe summons that would have sought up to 52,000 client names.
"To have this broad request to turn over everything related to the case, to me, is just a trampling of the First Amendment and the journalist's privilege," he said.
In a 2009 Freedom of Information Act request distributed to at least a half-dozen cabinet departments, Ken Vogel, a Politico reporter, made a broad request for all government communications with reporters or editors of 16 news organizations.
Also, the number of people affected by FISA requests could be much larger than the number of requests, because once the government makes a broad request, it can add individuals and additional search queries for a year.
Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee made a broad request to Mr. Ashcroft this week for the release of various memos and documents related to the treatment of prisoners.
In its reply this weekend, the bank explained to Mr. Towns that it had supplied the same documents to the committee as it had provided to Mr. Cuomo, who issued a broad request earlier in the year.
A company spokesman said Facebook had resisted "overly broad requests for user data".
Broad requests for vast amounts of data and records are draconian and expensive.
But it's just as important that laws protect you against overly broad requests for your personal information," wrote Drummond.
One of their most effective defenses has been to hold the line on broad requests for e-mail traffic.
The Judiciary Committee blitzed dozens of Trump associates with broad requests this week, rather than issuing targeted questions at individuals.
