KLAYMAN et al v. OBAMA et al

  1. September 21, 2016

    Obama, Others Shake Individual Claims In Spy Suits

    President Barack Obama, former attorney general Eric Holder and other officials escaped claims brought against them as individuals by Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman as part of challenges to the NSA's metadata collection programs, with a D.C. federal judge holding Wednesday they weren't properly served.

  2. March 09, 2016

    Freedom Watch Head Says Feds 'Playing Games' On Spy Suits

    Freedom Watch founder Larry Klayman accused federal officials Tuesday of jerking him around for years to delay his three D.C. federal court challenges of the National Security Agency's metadata collection programs, calling arguments that some officials weren't properly served legal papers "simply not credible."

  3. February 12, 2016

    Feds See No Reason For Cases Challenging Spy Program

    The Department of Justice asked a D.C. federal judge Friday to pare three cases from a challenge to the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's metadata collection programs, arguing a current appeal deals with most of the issues.

  4. October 08, 2015

    DC Judge Wary Of Letting NSA Spying Continue

    A D.C. federal judge cast doubt Thursday on allowing the National Security Agency to continue its bulk data collection program ahead of its expiration date, noting that he has already said the activities may be unconstitutional. 

  5. September 16, 2015

    NSA Metadata Challengers Get 2nd Shot To Block Program

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday allowed more plaintiffs to join a suit alleging that the National Security Agency unconstitutionally collected their phone call metadata, giving the group a second chance to block the controversial program before it expires in November.

  6. September 02, 2015

    Gov't Warned Not To Drag Out NSA Metadata Dispute

    A Washington, D.C., federal judge on Wednesday warned the federal government that he would not allow it to drag out a dispute over the constitutionality of the National Security Agency's telephone metadata collection program ahead of a pending sunset on the program.

  7. May 02, 2014

    Gov't Fires Back At Sanctions Bid In Suit Over NSA Spying

    The Obama administration on Thursday shot back at former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor Larry Klayman in Washington, D.C., federal court, saying his argument that the government should be sanctioned for allegedly obscuring facts about its Internet data collection program lacked merit.

  8. February 18, 2014

    Klayman Says NSA Spying May Violate Atty-Client Privilege

    The former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor who persuaded a federal judge that the National Security Agency's collection of phone records is likely unconstitutional said Monday that the government's reported surveillance of American attorneys may have compromised his attorney-client privilege.

  9. February 11, 2014

    Klayman's Internet Spying Claims Fail, NSA Says

    The National Security Agency and the Obama administration on Monday told a Washington, D.C., federal judge that former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor Larry Klayman lacks standing to challenge the constitutionality of surveillance programs targeting email and other Internet communications.

  10. January 10, 2014

    NSA Says Court Lacks Jurisdiction In Surveillance Suits

    The National Security Agency on Friday told a Washington, D.C., federal judge who said its surveillance program was likely unconstitutional that his court lacked jurisdiction over claims in a former U.S. Department of Justice prosecutor's two suits against the federal agencies.

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