[Am-info] SecurityFocus home news: Privacy Advocates Sue Homeland Security Office

[Fred A. Miller]

SecurityFocus home news: Privacy Advocates Sue Homeland Security Office

" In a legal challenge to increased government secrecy post September 
11, the non-profit Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) filed a 
federal lawsuit Tuesday against the Office of Homeland Security and its 
director, Governor Tom Ridge, seeking release of documents detailing 
what it says is the government's secret development of a de facto 
national identification system.

The lawsuit follows EPIC's March 20th request under the Freedom of 
Information Act (FOIA) for expedited release of the office's records on 
technical and legislative proposals for such an identification system. 
The FOIA requires that requests for expedited processing be acted upon 
within ten days. The Office failed to act on the request, giving EPIC 
the right to file suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of 
Columbia."

<http://online.securityfocus.com/news/362>

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