The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court has re-authorized the bulk collection of U.S. phone records for another 180 days. The program lapsed with the expiration of the PATRIOT Act last month, but Congress authorized a six-month transition period to move into a new system where telephone companies hold the bulk records. A federal appeals court had declared the bulk collection illegal, but the FISA court decision overrides that ruling. The American Civil Liberties Union now says it will seek a new injunction to block the FISA court’s decision.