April 01, 2015
A New York federal judge on Tuesday denied the American Civil Liberties Union's bid for access to records of the National Security Agency's controversial data-gathering program, finding that granting the Freedom of Information Act request could threaten national security.
October 30, 2014
The American Civil Liberties Union on Wednesday hit back at the federal government's bid to shield documents in a New York federal suit that may shed light on the controversial National Security Agency bulk telephone data collection program, arguing a recent brief attempted to relitigate issues already decided.
October 06, 2014
A New York federal judge handed the U.S. government a partial victory Monday in its bid to withhold from the American Civil Liberties Union secret court orders concerning the National Security Agency's gathering of phone and Internet data from civilians, ruling any programs beyond the bulk collection of phone records are off-limits.
May 05, 2014
The American Civil Liberties Union on Friday pushed a New York federal judge to back its bid to access government records that may show what phone and Internet data the National Security Agency has gathered from civilians, arguing there is no justification for withholding the information.
April 07, 2014
The federal government on Friday asked a New York federal court to allow it to shut down an American Civil Liberties Union Freedom of Information Act request for records that may show specifically what information the National Security Agency was gathering from civilian telephone and Internet data.
July 26, 2013
A New York federal judge on Thursday refused pleas from the federal government to slow down the American Civil Liberties Union's constitutional challenge to a highly criticized National Security Agency program collecting telecommunications subscriber data.
May 18, 2012
A New York federal judge on Thursday denied bids from the American Civil Liberties Union and The New York Times Co. to make public a classified government report on foreign intelligence collection under the Patriot Act.