The case against the NSA and their bulk collection of phone and metadata began yesterday in New York City.
The ACLU filed a lawsuit in June, 2013, days after Edward Snowden leaked documents stating the NSA was collecting bulk phone metadata, and which the ACLU says violates the privacy rights and federal laws.
The case is being heard by a three-judge panel of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the initial proceedings saw the judge’s panel ask both the ACLU and Justice Department lawyers various questions concerning the metadata collection. According to RT, no decision has yet been made on the matter after over two hours of questioning.
Assistant attorney general Stuart Delery was the defense representative in the case. He had the difficult position of defending a program that President Obama no longer publicly supports, according to the Guardian.
Read the Full Article: Source – Ben Swann
http://benswann.com/the-case-against-the-nsa-metadata-collection-began-yesterday/
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