ACLU files complaint seeking information on extent of NSA program

[JURIST] The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) [advocacy website] on Monday announced that they had filed a lawsuit [complaint, PDF; press release] under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) [DOJ backgrounder] seeking information on the extent of governmental use and interpretation of Executive Order 12,333 [federal backgrounder], which permits US government surveillance abroad to protect national security. The lawsuit, filed in the US District Court for the Southern District of New York [official website], named the National Security Agency (NSA),...

Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2013/12/aclu-files-lawsuit-demanding-information-about-nsa-program.php

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