This is a very interesting article about how the NSA was blocked when trying to collect bulk phone records...
By News staff
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge ruled Monday that the National
Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records violates the
Constitution's ban on unreasonable searches, but put his decision on
hold pending a near-certain government appeal.
U.S. District Court
Judge Richard Leon granted a preliminary injunction sought by
plaintiffs Larry Klayman and Charles Strange, concluding they were
likely to prevail in their constitutional challenge. Leon, an appointee
of former President George W. Bush, ruled Monday that the two men are
likely to be able to show that their privacy interests outweigh the
government's interest in collecting the data. Leon says that means that
massive collection program is an unreasonable search under the
Constitution's Fourth Amendment.
The collection program was
disclosed by former NSA systems analyst Edward Snowden, provoking a
heated debate over civil liberties. The Obama administration has
defended the program as a crucial tool against terrorism.
Read more:
http://www.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/content/20131216-federal-judge-rules-nsa-bulk-phone-collection-unconstitutional.ece
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