EFF Sues DOJ For Access To Secret Court Orders On Decryption (techcrunch.com)

TechCrunch reports the Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice to reveal documents that "show whether DOJ has ever forced a company like Google or Apple to provide technical surveillance assistance in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, a federal court that issues secret surveillance warrants in national security cases and has been criticized for rubber-stamping NSA overreach." 

The EFF has been rejected in its attempt to gain access to the documents under the Freedom of Information Act. 

"Even setting aside the existence of technical assistance orders, there's no question that other, significant FISC opinions remain hidden from the public," EFF senior staff attorney Mark Rumold said in a statement regarding the lawsuit. 

 "The government's narrow interpretation of its transparency obligations under USA FREEDOM is inconsistent with the language of the statute and Congress' intent.

 Congress wanted to bring an end to secret surveillance law, so it required that all significant FISC opinions be declassified and released. 

Our lawsuit seeks to hold DOJ accountable to the law."

The full lawsuit can be read here.

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