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Friday, December 27, 2013

“Is the NSA’s Spying Constitutional? It Depends Which Judge You Ask; Two recent rulings draw diametrically opposed conclusions about the same set of facts.” Andrew Cohen has this essay online at The Atlantic.

Posted at 3:30 PM by Howard Bashman



“N.S.A. Phone Surveillance Is Lawful, Federal Judge Rules”: The New York Times has this news update.

You can access today’s ruling of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York at this link.

Update: In other coverage, The Associated Press reports that “NY judge rules NSA phone surveillance is legal.”

Jonathan Stempel of Reuters reports that “U.S. judge upholds NSA phone surveillance program.”

And Bloomberg News reports that “NSA Call Data Program Ruled Lawful in ACLU Case.”

Posted at 12:10 PM by Howard Bashman