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The Government Is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret

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The Government Is Trying to Keep Key NSA Spying Rules Secret

ACLU

December 3, 2018, 10:45 AM
We’re telling a federal appeals court that democracy has no room for secret law on surveillance of Americans.

A federal appeals court in New York will hear oral argument on Tuesday in our lawsuit fighting for the public’s right to know the legal justifications for government spying.

The Freedom of Information Act suit seeks the release of secret memos written by government lawyers that provided the foundation for the warrantless surveillance of Americans’ international communications. In essence, these memos serve as the law that governs the executive branch. By withholding them, the government is flouting a core principle of democratic society: The law must be public.

 

 

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