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Yahoo, ACLU press US govt to disclose secret surveillance orders

Published Thu, Oct 20, 2016 · 09:50 PM

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YAHOO Inc on Wednesday asked US director of national intelligence James Clapper to declassify a surveillance order the company had received so that it can respond to a Reuters report that it set up a special program last year to scan all Yahoo Mail users' incoming messages.

Separately, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a motion before the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court asking it to release the Yahoo order and over 20 other significant rulings dating back more than a decade.

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