A federal judge ruled today that a U.S. National Security Agency surveillance program that collects phone metadata from U.S. citizens is unconstitutional, the first formal condemnation of the NSA's spying activities.
In lawsuits filed against the government by activist Larry Klayman, U.S. District Judge Richard Leon issued a preliminary injunction blocking the NSA's metadata collection on Klayman's Verizon account. However, the NSA may appeal the ruling.
The ruling also said the government must destroy any of Klayman's phone metadata collected through the NSA's phone surveillance program.
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