NYT Reporter Suing To Gain Access To Secret PATRIOT Act Report (Charlie Savage)

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Charlie Savage of the New York Times is suing the federal government to get access to a classified report on an interpretation of the PATRIOT ACT, the Lawfare blog reports.



http://www.lawfareblog.com/2011/10/foia-and-the-question-of-secret-law/
Charlie Savage of the New York Times has filed this FOIA suit in an effort to acquire a classified report issued by DOJ and ODNI to Congress “pertaining to intelligence collection authorities” under section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act (permitting the government to obtain from the FISC an order for the production of “any tangible things” upon a showing of “reasonable grounds” in relation to an international terrorism or counterintelligence investigation). The report appears to have sparked fierce objections from Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, who have asserted in floor debate that the government has a troubling “secret” interpretation of the PATRIOT Act.

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