WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration has dropped its objection to the publication of a secret court opinion on the law that authorizes the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of millions of Americans’ telephone records.
The Justice Department told the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court in a filing Friday that the department won’t object if the court decides to publish nonclassified portions of its opinion that don’t harm an ongoing law enforcement investigation.
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