Justice Department Declassifies Additional Portions of Inspector General Reports on Using Patriot Act Section 215 for Business Records Collection CHARLIE SAVAGE In response to a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit by The New York Times, the Justice Department has declassified additional portions of these two inspector general reports about the government’s use of Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which is the legal basis for the once-secret National Security Agency program that systematically collects records in bulk about Americans’ domestic and international phone calls. January 11, 2015 at 12:00AM http://nyti.ms/1DO7Qj1 The New York Times U.S. Freedom of Information Act, Surveillance of Citizens by Government, USA PATRIOT Act

By CHARLIE SAVAGE via NYT / Eethg. Corps. Inc. / Terrence Herschel G. U.S. http://nyti.ms/1DO7Qj1 Justice Department Declassifies Additional Portions of Inspector General Reports on Using Patriot Act Section 215 for Business Records Collection January 11, 2015 at 12:00AM The New York Times