21.11.2013 - 12:26 [ AllGov ]

Judge Orders Homeland Security to Release Details for Shutting Down Wireless Networks

The federal government must release documents explaining how, when and why it might decide to shut down the nation’s wireless networks because of a “national crisis,” U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled last week. His ruling came in a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit filed by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in February 2013