Government To Release Hundreds of Documents On NSA Spying

Trailrunner7 writes "In response to a lawsuit by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Department of Justice is preparing to release a trove of documents related to the government's secret interpretation of Section 215 of the PATRIOT Act. The declassified documents will include previously secret opinions of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The decision by the Justice Department to release the documents is the second legal victory in recent weeks for the EFF related to the National Security Agency's intelligence collection programs. In August, the group won the release of a 2011 FISC opinion that revealed that the court ruled that some of the NSA's collection programs were illegal and unconstitutional. The newest decision will result in the release of hundreds of pages of documents related to the way the government has been interpreting Section 215, which is the measure upon which some of the NSA's surveillance programs are based. In a status report released Wednesday regarding the EFF's suit against the Department of Justice, attorneys for the government said that they will release the documents by Sept. 10."

Good luck with that

[gmuslera]

They already intentionally lied to the congress [slate.com] and suffered no consequences even after that was found out. What are the odds of what they show is the real full documents or just a redacted, partial, totally false or even a bunch of pages filled with loren ipsum? They already proved that deserve no trust and that don't care at all about it.

Re:It's the law!

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

Google yourself the term "Limited Hangout".

It was certain they'd do this, the same second that Snowden hit the wires.

Re:Yeah, that's the ticket

[Zontar The Mindless]

News flash: Court decisions that have the force of law are NOT covered in any size, shape, or form by attorney-client privilege. Stop making an ass of yourself.

Anything new being released?

[mendax]

I wonder how much of this stuff is already out in the wild thanks to Edward Snowden's efforts. Not much point if all this shit turns out to have already been released. It wouldn't surprise me if a good chunk of this is old news.