Microsoft moves forward with NSA surveillance lawsuit after government negotiations stall

Microsoft is proceeding with a lawsuit that it hopes will let it publish court orders made under the FISA surveillance law. In late June, the company filed a motion with the court that oversees much NSA surveillance, asking for permission to publish the number of secret court orders it received under the FISA Amendments Act. Since then, general counsel Brad Smith says Microsoft has spoken with the Department of Justice six times and extended the deadline for reply to the suit. But today, he says the parties failed to reach an agreement, leaving Microsoft no choice but to continue with the suit. A document published by ZDNet shows the deadline for government response is later today.

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