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Amnesty International USA v. McConnell, No. 08 Civ. 6259 (JGK) (S.D.N.Y.) (646 F.Supp.2d 633) (August 20, 2009) (Judge John G. Koeltl)

Loaded on Aug. 1, 2009 published in Punch and Jurists August 10, 2009
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Overseas Wiretaps.

Here the Court held that the plaintiffs lacked standing to attack the 2008 amendments to FISA which authorized the warrantless surveillance of phone calls and other communications abroad, even when one of the parties is an American.

In this case, Amnesty International, joined by a number of human rights groups, ...

 

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