U.S. justices reject call to review intelligence court action on phone records [View all]
Source: Reuters
BY LAWRENCE HURLEY
WASHINGTON Mon Nov 18, 2013 10:26am EST
(Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would not review a ruling by a secretive intelligence court that authorized government access to millions of Verizon Communications Inc (VZ.N) phone-call records.
The long-shot case was brought to the court by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), a public interest research organization. It was first time the high-profile issue has come before the justices since the recent wave of leaks traced to former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden.
The court rejected the case in a one sentence order issued Monday.
The Obama administration argued in papers presented to the court that under existing law, only the government or Verizon itself could challenge a ruling by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
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