Appeals court rules NSA phone data collection illegal; upholds convictions
(Worthy News) – A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled it was illegal for the National Security Agency to collect data on Americans’ phone calls, but upheld the terror convictions of four Somali immigrants who challenged the now-defunct intelligence program.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled unanimously that not only was the NSA’s practice of tracking the metadata on millions of domestic cellphones illegal, it also likely violated the 4th Amendment of the Constitution.
The ruling came in response to a challenge by four Somali immigrants convicted in 2013 of funding al-Shabab based on part on evidence collected under the NSA surveillance. Still, Judge Marsha Berzon, who authored the court’s opinion, upheld the convictions. [ Source: UPI (Read More…) ]
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