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EPIC to File Suit Against Justice Dept. Over FOIA Request

The Electronic Privacy Information Center, a group that advocates privacy rights, said on Wednesday it planned to sue the Justice Department to win the public release of documents related to President George W. Bush's domestic eavesdropping program. EPIC is the latest of a number of civil liberties organizations to take the federal government to court over the domestic spying program, which has caused an outcry among Republicans and Democrats alike.

Privacy group to sue over US eavesdropping program, Reuters, January 18, 2006.