# FISA court orders Bush to release secret orders on wiretapping to the ACLU

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**Created:** [August 18, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisa-court-orders-bush-to-release-secret-orders-on-wiretapping-to-the-aclu/416020 "2007-08-18T02:33:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisa-court-orders-bush-to-release-secret-orders-on-wiretapping-to-the-aclu/416020/1 "2007-08-18T02:33:28Z")

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By August 31. Story [here.](http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/31356prs20070817.html) So, will he cooperate, or will he claim “executive privilege”, or what?

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**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisa-court-orders-bush-to-release-secret-orders-on-wiretapping-to-the-aclu/416020/2 "2007-08-18T02:44:16Z")

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So, on August 31st, we have Karl Rove resigning, this wonderful piece of news, and _my_ birthday!

Happy birthday to me. Happy birthday to me.

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**Author:** ![Hamlet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hamlet/32/2818_2.png) [@Hamlet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamlet)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2007, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fisa-court-orders-bush-to-release-secret-orders-on-wiretapping-to-the-aclu/416020/3 "2007-08-18T02:54:16Z")

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[QUOTE=BrainGlutton]  
By August 31. Story [here.](http://www.aclu.org/safefree/spying/31356prs20070817.html) So, will he cooperate, or will he claim “executive privilege”, or what?  
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I think that’s a misstatement of the ruling. The court simply ordered that the administration RESPOND to the ACLU’s motion for release of the records. It’s actually not that big of a deal, at this point.