23.08.2013 - 00:03 [ Story Leak ]

Senators Open Up Legal Action Over NSA Violation of Constitution

Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mark Udall (D-Colo.) asserted the charges on Friday, which could lead to more widespread action. The NSA may have violated the privacy of Americans thousands of times a year and deliberately violated restrictions imposed on it by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court, Wyden told reporters. Wyden said the FISA court itself had ruled that the NSA had violated the Fourth Amendment to the Constitution, which bans unreasonable search and seizures