Federal Judge to Consider NSA Program's Legality
The National Security Agency's controversial domestic surveillance program faces its first major court test today before a veteran federal judge in Detroit. In January, groups including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Michigan branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations as well as several individuals, who said they feared the government was spying on them, filed a 60-page lawsuit seeking to have the warrantless wiretapping program declared unconstitutional. The suit asserts that the NSA's eavesdropping program has violated free-speech and privacy rights and has had a chilling effect on the communications of potential surveillance targets.
Domestic Spying Program Comes Under Legal Scrutiny, Los Angeles Times, June 12, 2006.
