I didn't see a thread on this, but here goes:
Snowden commented on Twitter:
I think it's pretty obviously unconstitutional to, without a warrant, violate the privacy of millions of innocent Americans. This practice should be ended and Snowden should receive a full presidential pardon. It's time to bring him home.
U.S. court: Mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal
Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of Americans' telephone records, an appeals court has found the program was unlawful - and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were...
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Seven years after former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden blew the whistle on the mass surveillance of Americans' telephone records, an appeals court has found the program was unlawful - and that the U.S. intelligence leaders who publicly defended it were not telling the truth.
In a ruling handed down on Wednesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit said the warrantless telephone dragnet that secretly collected millions of Americans' telephone records violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and may well have been unconstitutional.
Snowden commented on Twitter:
I think it's pretty obviously unconstitutional to, without a warrant, violate the privacy of millions of innocent Americans. This practice should be ended and Snowden should receive a full presidential pardon. It's time to bring him home.