August 11, 2014
A California federal court on Monday granted partial summary judgment to the U.S. Department of Justice in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit over the Patriot Act's data dragnet, ruling that the government could keep Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court documents secret, effectively ending the case.
June 16, 2014
A California federal judge on Friday ordered the U.S. Department of Justice to produce top secret documents requested by the Electronic Frontier Foundation related to the National Security Agency's surveillance of Americans' call data so that the court can review if they are exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.
June 03, 2014
The National Security Agency on Tuesday urged a California federal judge to end the Electronic Frontier Foundation's Freedom of Information Act case seeking top-secret documents on the government's use of the Patriot Act to gather Americans' call data, arguing the information is properly classified.
September 05, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice told a California federal court Wednesday that it would soon declassify documents requested by a privacy group detailing the government's interpretation of its domestic phone spying authority, marking the latest disclosure prompted by recent leaks about the National Security Agency's activities.
November 03, 2011
The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday tweaked its suit in California over the federal government's allegedly inadequate response to a Freedom of Information Act request for records pertaining to the U.S.' "secret" interpretation of a Patriot Act search provision.