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  1. April 26, 2019

    National Security Concerns Halt NSA 'Dragnet' Suit

    A California federal judge has dismissed a long-running proposed class action over the National Security Agency's alleged unlawful mass surveillance of millions of Americans, saying the challengers couldn't show any injury and that there was no way to move forward with the case without risking national security.

  2. November 06, 2018

    Snowden Verifies NSA Report In EFF Spying Case

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation continues to urge a California federal court to keep alive its long-running class action against the National Security Agency over its alleged unlawful mass surveillance of Americans, helped by a declaration from whistleblower Edward Snowden in which he authenticated a key piece of evidence.

  3. October 01, 2018

    EFF Pushes Back Against NSA Bid To End Spying Challenge

    The Electronic Frontier Foundation has laid out additional evidence to support its long-running California federal lawsuit claiming that the National Security Agency unlawfully spied on hundreds of millions of unsuspecting Americans through mass surveillance programs, it said Monday.

  4. September 11, 2018

    AT&T Users Lack Standing In NSA Spying Suit, Court Told

    The National Security Agency is pressing a California federal judge to ax a long-running putative class action accusing the agency of illegal spying, arguing that the AT&T customers leading the dispute lack standing because they have failed to offer any "competent evidence" that their communications were scooped up by the challenged surveillance.

  5. May 16, 2018

    AT&T Customers Can't Accelerate NSA Docs Hearing

    A California federal judge summarily refused Wednesday to accelerate a hearing considering access to classified materials sought by AT&T customers pursuing a putative class action over records collected by the National Security Agency.

  6. January 22, 2018

    NSA Says Storage Crunch Led To AT&T Spying Data Deletion

    In a move to clear storage space, the National Security Agency inadvertently deleted surveillance-related information it was meant to hang on to as part of a putative class action filed by AT&T customers over records collected by the agency, the NSA told a California federal court Thursday.

  7. December 20, 2016

    NSA Fights Discovery Bid In Calif. Phone Spying Row

    A putative class of AT&T customers told a California federal judge Monday that the National Security Agency must hand over discovery documents in response to allegations that the agency's surveillance violated several federal statutes, but the agency pushed back, saying that the information is protected by state secrets privilege.

  8. February 22, 2016

    NSA Faces Discovery In Calif. Phone Spying Row

    The National Security Agency could soon have to produce documents in repsonse to allegations that the agency's surveillance violated several federal statutes after a California judge's order on Friday let a case from a putative class of AT&T customers more forward.

  9. December 18, 2015

    9th Circ. Rejects Appeal Over NSA Internet Spying

    The Ninth Circuit on Friday dismissed an interim appeal made by AT&T Internet customers in a putative class action accusing the National Security Agency of illegal domestic spying, saying it lacked jurisdiction to determine whether a dismissed Fourth Amendment claim should be reinstated.

  10. October 28, 2015

    NSA Tells 9th Circ. Surveillance Claim Not Ripe For Appeal

    The National Security Agency urged the Ninth Circuit to reject several AT&T customers' bid to revive a Fourth Amendment claim in a putative class action alleging illegal domestic spying, arguing at a Wednesday hearing that the claim is a "tiny sliver" of their ongoing legal battle. 

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