Customs & Border Protection ordered to disclose social media surveillance rules

Nicholas Iovino reports:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection cannot withhold information on its rules for authorizing agents to use fake identities and nongovernment accounts to spy on social media users, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Government lawyers had argued that disclosing the information would reveal sensitive law enforcement techniques that could help criminals elude justice.

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h/t, Joe Cadillic