The ACLU's own text contradicts its case for Snowden's asylum bid.

[Savannahmann]

77. It appears to me, and many more that it is illegal.

The first true court test will come. I say first true court test, because the ACLU has filed a lawsuit saying that the Government monitoring of their phone calls and internet violates attorney client privilege, and the 4th Amendment.

So now, if the court is able to accept this case, that is to say if the Justice Department allows it, then it will be the first true test of the constitutionality of this program. All other challenges have been shut down, so as far as we can tell, it is not legal. If it was legal, and the Government had nothing to hide (Illegal activity) then they would be willing to state for the record they were not violating the constitution, and prove it. But they've always shut down the information requests. Now, they don't have that excuse.

The enemy knows we're capturing cell phone calls, the Verizon Documents proved that. The frothing at the mouth pursuit of Snowden in defiance of and in violation of international law is proof that the claims are absolutely accurate. The desperation to get him back proves that they are beyond desperate to get him back.

Therefore we can assume that the courts will find it illegal, unless the Democratic Party is counting on the Rethug Constitution violating bastards on the court like Roberts and Scalia to back them up. If so, then that tells me our Government is certainly doing things that are both immoral, and illegal.