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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsACLU challenges constitutionality of NSA phone surveillance program
By Daniel Trotta
NEW YORK (Reuters) The American Civil Liberties Union sued senior U.S. government officials on Tuesday to challenge the constitutionality of the National Security Agencys telephone surveillance program, saying it violates rights to free speech and privacy.
The suit asked the court to immediately halt the NSAs vast tracking program of telephone calls, declare the program illegal, and order the U.S. government to purge all databases of the call records.
The ACLU suit in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York named James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, and the leaders of the NSA, the Defense Department, the Justice Department and the FBI.
President Barack Obama has defended the sweeping U.S. government surveillance of Americans phone and Internet activity, calling it a modest encroachment on privacy that was necessary to defend the United States from attack.
But the lawsuit challenges the program, which the ACLU said vacuums up information about every phone call placed within, from, or to the United States, arguing that it violates the First Amendment rights of free speech and the right of privacy protected by the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution.
- See more at: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/06/11/aclu-challenges-constitutionality-of-nsa-phone-surveillance-program/#sthash.het3zIEA.dpuf
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ACLU challenges constitutionality of NSA phone surveillance program (Original Post)
Katashi_itto
Jun 2013
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Autumn
(45,120 posts)1. Awesome! Another lawsuit
That makes 3 I think .
Katashi_itto
(10,175 posts)2. Give it time...
woo me with science
(32,139 posts)3. Thank goodness for the ACLU.
bobduca
(1,763 posts)4. My donations at work!
And that's why I support the ACLU!