NEW YORK (AP) — A civil rights lawyer says the American Civil Liberties Union is very disappointed that a New York judge has found that a government program that collects millions of Americans’ telephone records is legal.
NEW YORK (AP) — A civil rights lawyer says the American Civil Liberties Union is very disappointed that a New York judge has found that a government program that collects millions of Americans’ telephone records is legal.
A federal judge has decided it’s legal, thereby dismissing a lawsuit from the American Civil Liberties Union. U.S. District Judge William Pauley said in a written opinion that the NSA’s collection of Americans’ phone records “represents the government’s counter-punch” to prevent terrorist attacks, the Associated Press reports. “There is no evidence that the Government has used […]
We dont expect this back and forth to flame out any time soon, of course, but a US District Judge in Manhattan certainly issued a blow to an American Civil Liberties Union challenge of the National Security Agencys massive …
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