4th Circuit Holds NSA Surveillance Suit In Abeyance Pending Supreme Court Ruling

Mealey's (December 20, 2021, 9:44 AM EST) -- RICHMOND, Va. — Wikimedia Foundation’s petition for rehearing of its constitutional claims over the National Security Agency’s (NSA) upstream surveillance program will be held in abeyance pending resolution of a U.S. Supreme Court case that also centers on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and the state secrets privilege, the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Dec. 14....