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| Subject: Mass phone tapping legal: Retarded US judge Fri Dec 27, 2013 6:19 pm | |
| A US judge has ruled that the mass surveillance of telephone calls is legal, igniting a conflict that the Supreme Court may ultimately have to resolve.
Federal judge William Pauley in New York threw out a petition from the American Civil Liberties Union and said the National Security Agency program was vital in preventing an Al-Qaeda terror attack on American soil.
Ten days earlier, however, another federal judge in Washington declared that this "almost Orwellian" surveillance is probably unconstitutional, laying the groundwork for a protracted legal fight.
"The question for this court is whether the government’s bulk telephony metadata program is lawful. This court finds it is," said the 54-page ruling published in New York on Friday, local time. Advertisement
Edward Snowden, a former NSA contractor, sent shockwaves around the world this year by revealing the extent of Washington’s electronic eavesdropping on millions of private calls.
The Justice Department welcomed Friday’s ruling but the American Civil Liberties Union said it would appeal.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/mass-phone-tapping-legal-us-judge-20131228-30051.html#ixzz2oiihRWo6
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