Group Slams Federal Court Dismissing Suit Against DOJ, NSA
The Rutherford Institute bemoaned a federal court's dismissal of a motion by educational, legal, human rights and media organizations (see 1509040029) that asked the court to reject the U.S. government’s motion to dismiss Wikimedia Foundation v. NSA against the NSA…
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and the Department of Justice over mass surveillance programs of all international text-based communications. The dismissal of the lawsuit that was filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Human Rights Watch, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Rutherford, Wikipedia and others came "despite extensive evidence that the government is systematically copying and substantially reviewing all international text-based communications," said Rutherford in a Tuesday news release. U.S. District Court Judge T.S. Ellis ruled the groups don’t have standing to bring a First and Fourth Amendment suit. “On any given day, the average American going about his daily business will be monitored, surveilled, spied on and tracked in more than 20 different ways, by both government and corporate eyes and ears,” said Rutherford Institute President John Whitehead.