Mealey's (September 11, 2015, 10:19 AM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A woman who sued several federal government officials over purported constitutional violations by the National Security Agency’s telephony data collection program petitioned the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 9 to take notice of a recently released letter from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) that she says confirms Verizon Wireless’ participation in the program and supports her claims that were dismissed by a lower court (Anna J. Smith v. Barack Obama, et al., No. 14-3555, 9th Cir.)....