NSA Patriot Act Ruling

Shaun Keating News Feather Story 2015, NSA

Appeals court says NSA’s meta data collection illegal.

A federal court has ruled that the Patriot Act does not cover bulk meta data collection by NSA.

  1. NSA collects MOST of our texts, calls, emails, & web traffic.
  2. All of that is completely legal, in part, thanks to the Patriot Act.
  3. Part of the data they collect is called “meta data.”
  4. Meta data is info about calls: the numbers and length of call.
  5. After Snowden revelations, the ACLU (and others) sued.
  6. Today, a federal court ruled that meta data collection is illegal.
  7. The case is not over. It goes back to a lower court now.
  8. This is a landmark case and a huge win for privacy advocates.

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