Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court Orders Patriot Act Opinions Declassified

 

September 13, 2013

 

The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) says it will release some of the legal opinions justifying the government's wholesale collection of phone data. The FISC has ordered the US government to start declassifying some of its opinions regarding the Patriot Act. The documents will be revealed as a result of a lawsuit brought by the ACLU.

 

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/09/top-intelligence-court-will-reveal-some-of-its-secret-legal-opinions/ http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2013/09/secret-spy-court/

 

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9242395/Surveillance_court_orders_transparency_review_of_its_NSA_opinions?taxonomyId=17

 

FISC Order: http://www.uscourts.gov/uscourts/courts/fisc/misc-13-02-order-130813.pdf