Judge Dismisses NSA Lawsuit Citing ‘State Secrets’

Judge Dismisses NSA Lawsuit Citing ‘State Secrets’

A federal judge ruled in favor of the National Security Agency in a key surveillance case on Tuesday, dismissing a challenge which claimed the government’s spying operations were groundless and unconstitutional. Filed in 2008 by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the lawsuit, Jewel v. NSA, aimed to end the agency’s warrantless surveillance of U.S. citizens, which…