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FISA use up in last 3 years

FISA will expire at the end of this year without congressional reauthorization. Before its enactment, the attorney general could authorize such surveillance without court approval.

Senators press Holder on Fast and Furious, guns in Mexico

Attorney General Eric Holder expressed regret over Operation Fast and Furious but defended efforts to prevent guns from being trafficked to Mexico at a Nov. 8 hearing of the Senate Judiciary

Wikileaks fallout grinds onward

Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi may have "had a good laugh" after seeing himself described as "feckless, vain, and ineffective as a modern European leader" in leaked State Department cables,

FOIA trends up and down

The number of Freedom of Information Act requests satisfied with a release of all documents went down in fiscal 2009 to 215,214--a 17 percent decrease against fiscal 2008 numbers, finds a Justice

No upward trend on FOIA

It's year two in the era of open government but filing a Freedom of Information Act can still be a frustrating experience. That's according to a National Security Archive at George Washington

DHS wants a better info-sharing plan

It looks like DHS secretary Janet Napolitano is running a 24/7 shop. In her latest announcement, she and Attorney General Eric Holder released a report by the Presidential Interagency Task Force on