PUBLISHED ON DECEMBER 28, 2013
PROVIDED BY CNNNEXT.COM
A federal judge in New York ruled Friday that the National Security Agency's bulk data-collection program does not violate the law, and that it serves as an effective "counterpunch" to Al-Qaeda.
US District Court Judge William Pauley dismissed the lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union after the NSA's program came to light in the Edward Snowden leaks.
The ACLU argued that the data collection violated Americans' Fourth Amendment right to privacy and First Amendment right to free association.
RT's Sam Sacks takes a closer look at Pauley's ruling, and how it differs from a recent ruling by US District Court Judge Richard Leon's that said the NSA's program was "likely unconstitutional."
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