NSA Opposes 4th Circuit Rehearing In Wikimedia’s Upstream Surveillance Suit

Mealey's (December 14, 2021, 1:45 PM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Stating that a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel correctly concluded that the in camera review provision in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) does not displace the state secrets privilege, the National Security Agency (NSA) argues in a Dec. 9 brief that there is no reason to grant Wikimedia Foundation’s motion for rehearing en banc regarding the government’s withholding of classified documents in a long-running suit over the agency’s upstream surveillance activities....