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Litigation

Feb. 12, 2015

Court tosses most of NSA class action

Reluctantly concluding that evidence in a potential class action over post-9/11 government Internet snooping is too secret for open court, a federal judge on Tuesday tossed most of a lawsuit targeting the National Security Agency.


By John Roemer


Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN FRANCISCO Reluctantly concluding that evidence in a potential class action over post-9/11 government Internet snooping is too secret for open court, a Northern District judge on Tuesday tossed most of a long-running lawsuit targeting the National Security Agency.


U.S. District Judge Jeffrey S. White of San Francisco delivered a big win to President Barack Obama, who replaced President George W. Bu...

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