Because of the government shutdown, the five technology...
Because of the government shutdown, the five technology companies that filed for declaratory judgments to disclose more data about government surveillance requests have filed a motion to push back their Oct. 21 deadline to respond to a recent government response…
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urging the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court not to allow such disclosures (CD Oct 3 p5). The Department of Justice “cannot continue to work on this matter, including engaging in discussions” with the tech companies’ counsel,” said the response (http://1.usa.gov/1fg1OOE). This could prohibit access to additional information and classified information, which the tech companies may require while composing their joint response, said the motion from Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, Facebook and LinkedIn. If their joint motion is granted, the tech companies said they would file their response within five days of Congress appropriating funds for the Justice Department. At that point, the companies said, all future deadlines could be reset.