[New post] U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection

sskarthik posted: "By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge's ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has raised privacy concerns. Th" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on SKarthik.info U.S. court hands win to NSA over metadata collection by sskarthik By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Friday threw out a judge's ruling that would have blocked the National Security Agency from collecting phone metadata under a controversial program that has raised privacy concerns. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said there were not sufficient grounds for the preliminary injunction imposed by the lower court. The ruling was a setback for privacy advocates but did not reach the bigger question of whether the NSA's actions were lawful. Read more... sskarthik | August 29, 2015 at 9:17 am | Categories: Computers and Internet | URL: http://wp.me/p1eKZE-3hDt Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from SKarthik.info. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://sskarthik.wordpress.com/2015/08/29/u-s-court-hands-win-to-nsa-over-metadata-collection-4/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com