United States v. Moalin
United States v. Moalin is a court case that was heard and decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The case is significant because it ruled that bulk telephone data collection by the National Security Agency, the details of which were leaked by Edward Snowden, was illegal.
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| Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit |
| Decided | September 2 2020 |
The case proceeded slowly due to classified data. On September 2, 2020, a decision was published.
We conclude that the government may have violated the Fourth Amendment and did violate the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (“FISA”) when it collected the telephony metadata of millions of Americans, including at least one of the defendants...[1]
See also
- https://www.politico.com/news/2020/09/02/court-rules-nsa-phone-snooping-illegal-407727
- https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/514854-court-rules-nsas-bulk-phone-data-collection-illegal
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/phone-records-surveillance-edward-snowden/2020/09/02/97f26498-ed67-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html
- https://www.salon.com/2020/09/06/appeals-court-rules-nsa-surveillance-program-exposed-by-edward-snowden-illegal_partner/
References
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