Source: http://jurist.org/paperchase/2014/01/us-privacy-board-finds-nsa-phone-program-illegal.php
Monday, January 27, 2014
US privacy board finds NSA phone surveillance program illegal
[JURIST] The Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board (PCLOB) [official website], an independent agency created by Congress to protect American privacy under anti-terrorism laws, issued a report on Thursday calling the NSA's [official website] metadata program illegal and saying that it should be ended. In a 3-2 vote [WP report], the five-member board said that Section 215 of the USA Patriot Act [text], the statute upon which the program was based, does not provide an adequate basis to support the...
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