Surveillance Case Gets Canned

A judge has rejected a challenge to FISA brought by activists abroad who fear that their communications may be tapped by the U.S. government. The judge said fear is not enough to warrant a change in the law, and that challenges need to make explicit claims of unlawful surveillance. The question remains: How does one know he is being surveilled?

The BBC:

A US judge has rejected a challenge to a law that allows intelligence services to eavesdrop on overseas conversations to gather intelligence.

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act allows the US to monitor the calls and emails of non-US citizens abroad.

Human rights groups contended that their workers might be bugged for talking to people under surveillance.

But District Judge John Koeltl in New York said the mere fear of surveillance was not enough to bring a lawsuit.

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