Sunday, June 16, 2013

Warrantless Wiretap Suit Nixed by 9th Circuit

A law firm and its clients lack standing to challenge the National Security Agency's now-defunct warrantless wiretapping program, the 9th Circuit ruled.
     The court issued a three-page order upholding the dismissal of a lawsuit brought by the Center for Constitutional Rights and four clients, some of whom are Muslim foreign nationals detained after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.
     The law firm and its clients said they were illegally spied upon by the government's warrantless surveillance program, called the Terrorist Surveillance Program, which ended in 2007.

http://www.courthousenews.com/2013/06/14/58524.htm 

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