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Privacy Groups Seek Domestic Spying Papers

An AP newswire article, via The Washington Post, reports that:

A federal judge said Friday he was considering setting a deadline for the Justice Department to produce records on the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program or to explain in court why it was refusing to do so.

U.S. District Judge Henry Kennedy said he was convinced the public would suffer irreparable harm if the government dragged its feet in a lawsuit filed over access to the documents.

The lawsuit was filed by three private groups who say the government is engaging in a pattern of delay and should be compelled to provide information on the underlying legal rationale for the surveillance and the scope of the eavesdropping program.

Congress is having difficulty getting the same information.

posted by Fergie @ 2/11/2006 11:08:00 AM