WASHINGTON (AP) — A senior administration official says some of the surveillance documents released by U.S. intelligence officials Wednesday were made public in response to a lawsuit.
The official says other documents were released voluntarily. The National Security Agency declassified three secret court opinions showing how it collected as many as 56,000 emails and other communications by Americans not connected to terrorism annually over three years.
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