The Electronic Frontier Foundation ("EFF") has won the release of telecom lobbying records relating to the industries lobbying to receive retroactive immunity under the NSA's warrantless surveillance program.
The government tried to withhold material sent to Congress as well as material sent to it by the telecom firms lunder exemption 5, but the court found that in both cases, the threshold of Exemption 5 had not been met and ordered the documents released. The court also found that the names of the telecom officials who lobbied congress was not protected under the personal privacy protections of exemption 6.
The EFF press release on the case can be found here, the judge's decision can be found here.
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