Wikimedia Appeals State Secrets Ruling Over NSA Surveillance To 4th Circuit

Mealey's (July 23, 2020, 10:47 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — In its second appeal to the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals, Wikimedia Foundation says in a July 1 brief that a trial court incorrectly applied the state secrets privilege in disposing of its constitutional claims over the National Security Agency's (NSA) upstream surveillance program that it says included the interception of its communications (Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency, et al., No. 20-1191, 4th Cir.)....