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US Appeals Court Upholds Nondisclosure Rules For Surveillance Orders (reuters.com)
An anonymous reader shares a report: A U.S. federal appeals court on Monday upheld nondisclosure rules that allow the FBI to secretly issue surveillance orders for customer data to communications firms, a ruling that dealt a blow to privacy advocates. A unanimous three-judge panel on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco sided with a lower court ruling in finding that rules permitting the FBI to send national security letters under gag orders are appropriate and do not violate the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution's free speech protections. Content distribution firm CloudFlare and phone network operator CREDO Mobile had sued the government in order to notify customers of five national security letters received between 2011 and 2013.
The link seems to go to an article on net neutrality. Correct link is here: http://www.reuters.com/article...
THE 9th is the most often overturned appeals court of any, so maybe there is hope for a Supreme Court overrule.
They are 3rd on the list of most frequently overturned decisions, not first. Please do a little fact checking before you post.
Source: http://www.politifact.com/pund...
He meant other tyrants... who aren't operating in our economic or geopolitical interest... or if they pay us... or if they make an under the table deal with the right senator... okay, you got me.