NSA Prevails In Wikimedia’s Constitutional Claims Over Upstream Surveillance

Mealey's (December 17, 2019, 5:11 PM EST) -- BALTIMORE — Wikimedia Foundation failed to establish that the National Security Agency (NSA) copied or collected any of its international internet communications as part of its upstream surveillance program, a Maryland federal judge ruled Dec. 16, dismissing for a second time the internet firm’s constitutional claims against the government, also deeming the suit precluded by the state secrets privilege (Wikimedia Foundation v. National Security Agency, et al., No. 1:15-cv-00662, D. Md.)....