Federal appeals court in New York rules that the NSA program to collect phone records is illegal [View all]

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WASHINGTON—A federal appeals court ruled Thursday the National Security Agency’s controversial collection of millions of Americans’ phone records isn’t authorized by the Patriot Act, as the Bush and Obama administrations have long maintained.

The NSA has used the Patriot Act to justify collecting records of nearly every call made in the U.S.

rest is behind wsj paywall.

but info is sufficient to hope the tide is turning..........