Skip to main content Electronic Frontier Foundation Defending your rights in the digital world /name-and-slogan /logo-title /section /header Search Home About Our Work Deeplinks Blog Press Room Take Action Shop /navigation August 5, 2014 | By David Greene A few weeks ago we fought a battle for transparency in our flagship NSA spying case, Jewel v. NSA . But, ironically, we weren't able to tell you anything about it until now. On June 6, the court held a long hearing in Jewel in a crowded, open courtroom, widely covered by the press. We were even on the local TV news on two stations. At the end, the Judge ordered both sides to request a transcript since he ordered us to do additional briefing. But when it was over, the government secretly, and surprisingly sought permission to “remove” classif...