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A New FISA Court Order Has Just Been Released

Benjamin Wittes
Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 4:38 PM
It is available here. It is dated August 29 and includes a "primary order" dated July 19. It deals with the legality of the telephony metadata program under Section 215. I have not read it yet but will do so tonight and post thoughts after I read it.

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It is available here. It is dated August 29 and includes a "primary order" dated July 19. It deals with the legality of the telephony metadata program under Section 215. I have not read it yet but will do so tonight and post thoughts after I read it.

Benjamin Wittes is editor in chief of Lawfare and a Senior Fellow in Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution. He is the author of several books.

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