Lawsuit Filed Over FBI Surveillance Docs

A high-tech watchdog group filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department on Wednesday demanding the public release of the surveillance guidelines that govern investigations of Americans by the FBI. The protocols took effect in December 2008 and detail the bureau's procedures and standards for implementing the attorney general's guidelines on approved surveillance strategies. The Electronic Frontier Foundation's complaint comes after DOJ failed to respond to a Freedom of Information Act request for a complete copy of the document. FBI General Counsel Valerie Caproni has acknowledged that "the expansion of techniques available [to the bureau] has raised privacy and civil liberties concerns."