Marcia Hofmann of EFF writes: Today the Ninth Circuit postponed a court-ordered deadline for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice to turn over documents concerning a legislative push to give telecom carriers legal immunity for their participation in the government’s warrantless surveillance program. The order comes after three…
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Govt continues to delay release of telecom lobbying documents
Richard Esguerra of EFF updates us as to developments over the past 48 hours: This evening (October 15), the Director of National Intelligence and the Department of Justice filed yet another emergency motion with the Ninth Circuit, asking for a stay of the deadline to release telecom immunity lobbying documents, less than 24 hours before…
Federal court denies govt attempt to delay release of telecom records. Again.
Kurt Opsahl of EFF writes: Today a federal district court denied the government’s latest emergency motion asking for a 30-day stay in last Friday’s deadline to release records relating to telecom lobbying over last year’s debate over immunity for corporate participation in government spying. The new deadline is October 16, at 4 p.m. Pacific time….