Mealey's (February 13, 2019, 12:55 PM EST) -- FRESNO, Calif. — A California federal judge on Feb. 11 denied motions by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Washington Post to unseal court filings in a case where the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) reportedly sought to compel Facebook Inc. to provide it with access to users’ private calls made via the social network, with the judge concluding that the need to maintain confidentiality in crime fighting techniques outweighed any public right of access to the records (In re U.S. Department of Justice Motion to Compel Facebook to Provide Technical Assistance in Sealed Case, Opinion and Order Issued in or About September 2018, No. 1:18-mc-00057, E.D. Calif., 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 21931)....