Intelligence Surveillance & Privacy

ODNI Releases Transcript from 2008 Protect America Act Litigation

Tara Hofbauer
Wednesday, November 19, 2014, 1:41 PM
On Monday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published a declassified oral argument transcript from critically important 2008 proceedings before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review ("FISCR"). As readers well know, the issue in In Re: Directives  was, naturally enough, a directive issued to Yahoo! under the Protect America Act of 2007.
On Monday, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence published a declassified oral argument transcript from critically important 2008 proceedings before the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review ("FISCR"). As readers well know, the issue in In Re: Directives  was, naturally enough, a directive issued to Yahoo! under the Protect America Act of 2007.  The case was decided in January of 2009; the FISCR released a less-redacted-than-before copy of its opinion earlier this year. Look out for a forthcoming summary of the oral argument transcript.

Tara Hofbauer previously was an intern with Lawfare. She is majoring in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, with a minor in Legal Studies and History.
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