Eric the Red

The Department of Justice was ordered to release certain documents related to the warrantless domestic surveillance campaign conducted by the NSA. A Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request was filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). Because of delays in fulfillinf the request by the Justic Department, EPIC sued.

The judge ruled:

“Under DOJ’s view of the expedited processing provisions of FOIA, the government would have carte blanche to determine the time line for processing expedited requests,” Kennedy wrote in his opinion.

EPIC requested an audit of domestic surveillance conducted by the NSA, some documentation regarding probably cause for the eavesdropping and documents establishing an idea of how the NSA used the information it collected.

Lets see if the govenrment produces the information or invents a reason why it should be kept under wraps.