4th Circuit Finds Wikimedia Has Standing To Sue NSA Over Upstream Surveillance

Mealey's (May 26, 2017, 10:39 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Allegations of constitutional violations from the National Security Agency’s upstream surveillance activities, in a complaint filed by a group of “educational, legal, human rights, and media organizations,” are not speculative, a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel majority found May 23, reversing a trial court’s dismissal of the complaint for lack of standing under Article III of the Constitution (Wikimedia Foundation, et al. v. National Security Agency, et al., No. 15-2560, 4th Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 8957)....