Entries tagged with: EPIC v. DOJ
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EPIC Challenges Secret Statute in Open Government Case
EPIC has opposed the Department of Justice's reliance on secret legal authority in a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit. In EPIC v. DOJ et. al, EPIC is seeking information about government surveillance of individuals who have exercised their First Amendment...
EPIC v. DOJ: Warrantless Wiretapping Memos Disclosed
Pursuant to EPIC v. DOJ, the Justice Deparment has turned over two legal memos concerning the Bush-era warrantless wiretapping program. EPIC sought these memos within hours after the New York Times first reported on the wiretapping program in 2005. The...
EPIC Files FOIA Suit to Force Disclosure of Body Scanner Radiation Risks
EPIC has filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security, seeking records concerning radiation emissions and exposure associated with airport full body scanners. The Department recently implemented the scanners as a primary screening mechanism for...
Inspector Generals Release Report on President's Surveillance Program
The Inspector Generals of the Intelligence Community released a report on the President's Surveillance Program. The report summarizes the unclassified collective results of the reviews. The Program involved the massive, warrantless surveillance of Americans in the United States. The IG...
Freedom of Information Act Work on the National Security Agency's Warrantless Surveillance Program
Top News | Background | Legal Documents | Freedom of Information Act Documents | Previous Top News | Domestic Surveillance Resources Top News : () In EPIC Case for Wiretap Memos, Federal Judge to Review Justice Department Documents. In...
Senate to Investigate NSA "Overcollection"
Senator Dianne Feinstein has announced that the Senate Intelligence Committee will hold a hearing on the National Security Agency's interception of phone calls and private e-mail messages of Americans. Recently, the New York Times reported that the NSA's activities went...
EPIC v. DOJ - EPIC Urges Court to Require Disclosure of Warrantless Wiretap Memos
EPIC, the ACLU, and the National Security Archive asked a federal court in Washington, DC to order the immediate disclosure of government memos describing the legal basis for the warrantless wiretapping of American citizens by the Bush Administration. The court...
Justice Department Releases Domestic Surveillance Memos and Opinions
Attorney General Eric Holder announced that the Department of Justice will make public memos and opinions concerning warrantless surveillance, and other controversial claims of Presidential authority, that were prepared in the wake of 9/11. The documents describe the legal basis...
