11 years since
ACLU v. Clapper

May 7th, 2015 · United States

11 years ago today, in United States, aCLU v. Clapper.

Second Circuit held that NSA bulk telephony metadata collection under PATRIOT Act §215 exceeded statutory authority. Decision accelerated passage of USA Freedom Act weeks later.

What it caused

• USA PATRIOT Actinfluenced
• USA Freedom Act of 2015influenced
• DNC Hack and 2016 Election Interferenceresponse to