June 12, 2013
A U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judge ruled Wednesday that the federal government couldn't keep withholding a sealed opinion finding some of its surveillance of foreign communications to be unconstitutional if a district court decides that the Freedom of Information Act allows for its release.
April 03, 2013
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday insisted that it is justified in withholding secret tribunal court documents detailing incidents of unconstitutional wiretapping, saying the disclosures sought in Washington federal court by a public transparency group could gravely damage national security.
August 31, 2012
The Electronic Frontier Foundation on Thursday urged a Washington federal court to force the U.S. to declassify secret tribunal court rulings that reportedly found surveillance of international communications under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act Amendments to be unconstitutional.