The United States Department of Justice today reached a tentative deal with Apple and other technology companies on data requests that will allow the companies to provide more detailed disclosures on information requests from the NSA Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.As indicated in the Justice Department’s filing with the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, the administration is acting to allow more detailed disclosures about the number of national security orders and requests issued to communications providers, and the number of customer accounts targeted under those orders and requests including the underlying legal authorities. Through these new reporting methods, communications providers will be permitted to disclose more information than ever before to th
