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Appeals Court: FBI Does Not Have to Release Memo Granting Permission to Gather Phone Records
Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com A confidential Justice Department legal opinion on the extent of the FBI’s surveillance authority does not have to be released to the public, a federal appeals court ruled, the Washington Post reports. The January 2010 memo gave the FBI permission to gather phone call records from telecommunications companies. The U.S. Court of…