[governance] NSA surveillance

[John Curran]

On Jul 8, 2013, at 10:26 AM, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> As it is likely that like in many (almost all?) other countries, NSA
> has conducted surveillance activities in regard to communications in
> Switzerland, and those surveillance activities are illegal under local
> law, we (an alliance of civil society persons and groups) have filed a
> criminal complaint.

There is some question as to their validity under US law as well, 
and this may be heard by the US Supreme Court in the near future - 
<http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2013/07/supreme-court-asked-to-halt-nsa-phone-surveillance/>

FYI,
/John

Disclaimers: My views alone. 
 


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