Today Pirates and Patriots are supporting US District Court Judge Richard Leon, who ruled against the NSA collection of everyone's phone and email records. The ruling is stayed for the NSA response.
"Leon wrote that James Madison, the architect of the US Constitution, would be "aghast" at the scope of the NSA's collection on Americans' communications data.He also expressed doubt about the central rationale for the program cited by the NSA: that it is necessary for preventing terrorist attacks. “The government does not cite a single case in which analysis of the NSA’s bulk metadata collection actually stopped an imminent terrorist attack,” wrote Leon, a US district judge in the District of Columbia."
• Dragnet 'likely' in breach of fourth amendment
• Judge describes scope of program as 'Orwellian'
• Ruling relates to collection of Americans' metadata
• Read the full ruling here
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/16/nsa-phone-surveillance-likely-unconstitutional-judgeAccount from The Slatest.
Judge Rules NSA Phone Program Likely Unconstitutional. By Josh Voorhees. December 16, 2013.
"U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon found that the program appears to run afoul of the Fourth Amendment prohibition on unreasonable searches and seizures. He also said the Justice Department had failed to demonstrate that collecting the so-called metadata had helped to head off terrorist attacks. ..."
http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/12/16/nsa_unconstitutional_judge_richard_leon_rules_phone_spying_program_likely.html
A city bus in Washington displays a wraparound advertisement sponsored by the Partnership for Civil Justice Fund. Jim Lo Scalzo/European Pressphoto Agency
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