Judge: NSA domestic phone data-mining unconstitutional
A federal judge said that he believes the government's once-secret collection of domestic phone records is unconstitutional, setting up likely appeals and further challenges to the data mining revealed by classified leaker Edward Snowden. He points out that is this against the 4th amendment and not what James Madison intended when he wrote the Constitution. Leon also noted that the government "does not cite a single instance in which analysis of the NSA's bulk metadata collection actually stopped an imminent attack, or otherwise aided the government in achieving any objective that was time-sensitive in nature." He put off enforcing his order barring the government from collecting the information, pending an appeal by the government.
I think its good that a federal judge is raising awareness more about this and its unconstitutionality. Especially after the Snowden scandals, I'm sure the majority of the country knows about what is going on. This is good considering how secretive it was before. I do not think it is a huge deal because unless you are hiding something it wouldn't matter if the government knows who you call. But it is still unconstitutional.
http://www.cnn.com/2013/12/16/justice/nsa-surveillance-court-ruling/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
I agree with you. I'm happy that a judge is finally calling it "unconstitutional".
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