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The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court granted the government’s...

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court granted the government’s request for a stay in the proceeding on declassification of Patriot Act Section 215 interpretation documents. The government had identified relevant Section 215 opinions but argued that the government shutdown prevented the…

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Department of Justice from moving forward, particularly with an opinion from February (CD Oct 8 p10). “The government shall promptly conduct a declassification review of that opinion when the necessary appropriations are restored to the agencies involved in such a review,” said the court in an order Tuesday (http://1.usa.gov/18MXSQf). It noted that within seven days of such restoration, “the government shall submit to the Court a proposed timetable for completing the declassification review of the opinion” in question.