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NSA Blasted for Unlawfully Collecting Data on Every American’s Phone Calls

allan10 years ago02 mins

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com In a crushing defeat to the President Obama administration, a federal appeals court has unanimously ruled Thursday that the NSA violated the law by collecting data on all U.S. telephone calls. The U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the surveillance program was “an unprecedented contradiction of the privacy expectations…

Government Must Get Warrant for GPS for Car, Appeals Court Rules

allan12 years ago01 mins

By Andrea Peterson Washington Post WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court in Philadelphia ruled Tuesday that the government must obtain a warrant to attach a GPS unit to a car. The case involved alleged pharmacy burglaries in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland: the authorities suspected a trio of brothers and slapped a magnetic GPS unit…