Federal Appeals Court Rules NSA Phone Surveillance Illegal

Federal Appeals Court Rules NSA Phone Surveillance Illegal

ByKyle W. Bell

A federal appeals court ruled in a landmark decision on Thursday that the bulk telephone surveillance program operated by the U.S. National Security Agency and revealed in 2013 by whistleblower Edward Snowden is illegal. The Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York said the surveillance program, which swept up billions of phone records and…

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NSA Phone Record Dragnet Challenged in Highest Court Yet

ByKyle W. Bell

Lawyers for the ACLU on Tuesday presented arguments before a federal court as they challenged the U.S. government’s claimed authority to bulk collect and search America’s cell phone data, which the group argues is unconstitutional and exceeds Congressional authority provided by the Patriot Act. “The government cannot demonstrate, as the statute requires it to, that…