Court revives NSA dragnet surveillance case

Searching_ _ _ · Jan 3, 2012

A federal appeals court on Thursday reinstated a closely watched lawsuit accusing the federal government of working with the nation’s largest telecommunication companies to illegally funnel Americans’ electronic communications to the National Security Agency without court warrants.

While the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals revived the long-running case brought by the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the three-judge panel unanimously refused to rule on the merits of the case, or whether it was true the United States breached the public’s Fourth Amendment rights by undertaking an ongoing dragnet surveillance program the EFF said commenced under the Bush administration following 9/11.

The San Francisco-based appeals court reversed a San Francisco federal judge who tossed the case against the government nearly three years ago. US District Judge Vaughn Walker, now retired, said the lawsuit amounted to a "general grievance" from the public, and not an actionable claim
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Court revives NSA dragnet surveillance case - Arstechnica

dw426 · Jan 3, 2012

The only way you're going to stop all of this is to have a sensible Administration, and that's not just the President and his closest staff. Changes in the courts, including the Supreme Court would have to be made as well.

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