EFF: NSA Spying: Government’s Latest Delay Tactic Fails

EFF: NSA Spying: Government’s Latest Delay Tactic Fails by Cindy Cohn:

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today rejected the government’s latest attempt to delay consideration of whether the NSA’s tapping into the Internet backbone is legal in Jewel v. NSA, clearing the path for the first appellate court decision on whether this formerly secret mass surveillance program violates the Fourth Amendment.