Wikimedia Asks 4th Circuit To Rethink Surveillance Suit, State Secrets Privilege

Mealey's (November 4, 2021, 7:47 AM EDT) -- RICHMOND, Va. — A Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling that declined to order in camera review of documents concerning the National Security Agency’s upstream surveillance program “involves a question of exceptional importance concerning the availability of . . . safeguards against illegal surveillance” under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), Wikimedia Foundation argues in an Oct. 29 petition for rehearing en banc, arguing that the state secrets privilege does not negate these FISA protections....