September 18, 2013 Comments Off on LinkedIn asks court to let it disclose FISA data
WASHINGTON — LinkedIn has asked a secret court to allow it to disclose the number of national security orders the company has received under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. On Wednesday, LinkedIn joined four other companies that have similar cases ...
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Read More »February 26, 2013 Comments Off on High court: No challenge on surveillance
WASHINGTON — A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor conversations of foreign spies and terrorist suspects. With a 5-4 vote, the high court ...
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Read More »February 26, 2013 Comments Off on Court rejects challenge to FISA expansion
WASHINGTON — A sharply-divided Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out an attempt by U.S. citizens to challenge the expansion of a surveillance law used to monitor conversations of foreign spies and terrorist suspects. With a 5-4 vote, the high court ...
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Read More »May 21, 2012 Comments Off on High court will take up wiretaps lawsuit
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court says it will consider shutting down a legal challenge to a law that lets the United States eavesdrop on overseas communications. A federal appeals court ruled last year that a lawsuit filed by lawyers, journalists ...
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