Funny how now that parts of the authoritarian "Patriot" Act are about to expire, suddenly ISIS appears in the US. What great timing they have! In related news, a US court of appeals has actually decided to uphold the Constitution, and has declared that the NSA's warrantless spying on US citizens is illegal.
The US court of appeals has ruled that the bulk collection of telephone metadata is unlawful, in a landmark decision that clears the way for a full legal challenge against the National Security Agency.
A panel of three federal judges for the second circuit overturned an earlier ruling that the controversial surveillance practice first revealed to the US public by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden in 2013 could not be subject to judicial review [because the public wasn't supposed to know about it].
