{"id":36949,"date":"2020-09-03T14:50:18","date_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:50:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/31542\/NSA-Surveillance-Exposed-By-Snowden-Ruled-Unlawful.html"},"modified":"2020-09-03T14:50:18","modified_gmt":"2020-09-03T14:50:18","slug":"nsa-surveillance-exposed-by-snowden-ruled-unlawful","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/nsa-surveillance-exposed-by-snowden-ruled-unlawful\/","title":{"rendered":"NSA Surveillance Exposed By Snowden Ruled Unlawful"},"content":{"rendered":"<style data-emotion-css=\"94m6rd-HeadingWrapper\">.css-94m6rd-HeadingWrapper{border-bottom:solid 1px #BABABA;padding-bottom:1.5rem;}.css-94m6rd-HeadingWrapper > *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}<\/style>\n<header class=\"css-94m6rd-HeadingWrapper e1nh2i2l1\">\n<style 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class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>The surveillance of millions of Americans&#8217; telephone records first came to light in 2013. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" readability=\"30.267915309446\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"31.244299674267\">Now, the <\/p>\n<style data-emotion-css=\"yidnqd-InlineLink\">.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link{color:#3F3F42;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{color:#696969;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited{font-weight:bolder;border-bottom:1px solid #BABABA;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:hover,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:link:focus,.css-yidnqd-InlineLink:visited:focus{border-bottom-color:currentcolor;border-bottom-width:2px;color:#B80000;}@supports 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data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" readability=\"32\">\n<p>And Mr Snowden has said he feels vindicated by the ruling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"unordered-list-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\">\n<style data-emotion-css=\"1pzprxn-BulletListContainer\">.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer{margin-left:1.5rem;}.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer *:not([hidden]):not(style) ~ *:not([hidden]):not(style){margin-top:1rem;}.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer ul{list-style-type:disc;}.css-1pzprxn-BulletListContainer ol{list-style-type:decimal;}<\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"css-uf6wea-RichTextComponentWrapper e1xue1i82\" readability=\"25.443037974684\">\n<div class=\"css-83cqas-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi2\" readability=\"28.101265822785\">He currently lives in exile in Moscow but, last year, <a 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