A federal judge said Monday that the NSA’s secret phone-snooping program violates Americans’ privacy rights, in a ruling that sets up a major legal and political hurdle for an Obama administration trying desperately to preserve the intelligence tool.
District Court Judge Richard J. Leon’s groundbreaking decision marks the first time a court has ruled against the program. It puts him in conflict with the secret court that usually oversees clandestine operations and has approved the collection of records on most phone calls made in the U.S.
But Judge Leon said James Madison, chief architect of the Bill of Rights, would be “aghast” at what the government is doing.
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ReplyDeletethis judge will soon be dead... Someone crazy with a gun will go get him and act as if it where some spree where they can turn it into gun control...
ReplyDeleteWhere have we seen this before? oh thats right, the naval yard shooting, oh thats right the sandy hook shooting whereas the cops say he sued a gun yet video shows the gun being pulled from the car by cops and the video of him shooting people with pistols and no riffle...