Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Domestic Spying Records Ordered Released

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the let's-get-to-the-bottom-of-this dept.

CokoBWare wrote to mention an eWeek report on the NSA's domestic spying program. A federal judge has ordered the Department of Justice to release records from the program by March 8th. From the article: "In ordering the Justice Department to expedite the FOIA request processing, Judge Henry Kennedy Jr., of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, said that the department's opinion that it could determine how much time is needed was 'easily rejected ... 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,'"

2 of 257 comments (clear)

  1. So then.. by BigZaphod · · Score: 5, Insightful

    On March 8th, which page of the newspaper will this story be buried on and who will Dick Cheney have to shoot to get that to happen?

    (sarcasm doesn't always transmit well via text...)

    --
    Hexy - a strategy game for iPhone/iPod Touch
  2. Re:Kick ass by ScrappyLaptop · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Don't forget to also wag your finger at the Senate, which in an even bigger story, has now decided that there is no need to investigate this whole "domestic spying" thingy.

    So, you have one branch saying, "Let's see what really happened" and the other two saying, "Nothing to see here; move along, move along".