A federal court has decided that the National Security Agency’s bulk, warrantless collection of millions of Americans’ phone records is illegal.
The sweeping decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday represents a major court victory for opponents of the NSA and comes just as Congress begins a fight over whether to renew the underlying law used to justify the program.
That program “exceeds the scope of what Congress has authorized,” Judge Gerard Lynch wrote on behalf of the three-judge panel.
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/241305-top-court-rules-against-nsa-program.How cute, used the term "almost-Orwellian"...isn't that precious?!
And this tooth-fairy follower thinks, ahh, who is going to pay attention to this ruling?
I mean, swell, you ruled...where does the enforcement part of non-compliance come from?
Hello?
(crickets)
