The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has been campaigning for years to get the US government to disclose vague, secretive details of how its using the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, a sweeping package of surveillance laws first passed in 2001. Last years waterfall of leaks brought to light many of those details against the governments will, but many specifics remain tightly under wraps — despite the public outcry that has swelled in the months since and concerted efforts from public interest groups, backed by FOIA requests. A new development in the EFFs lawsuit against the Department of Justice gives new hope, though: the federal judge overseeing the case has asked for an in camera (private) review of secret FISA court opinions that have been responsible for authorizing some of the NSAs most controversial surveillance programs in order to determine whether they were improperly withheld in FOIA requests.
A federal judge will review US ‘secret court’ rulings to see if they were improperly kept under wraps
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