ACLU Seeks Information on Government’s Use of Vast New Surveillance Powers

James Nimmo passed along This ACLU Announcement on the Freedom of Information Act request filed by the ACLU demanding that the Department of Justice provide information about the pervasiveness of domestic spying.

The ACLU made the request jointly with the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression, which said it was concerned that the new surveillance laws threaten the First Amendment-protected activities of book publishers, investigative journalists, booksellers, librarians, and readers.