Court upholds NSA sweep of phone records


635763596041263221-AP-NSA-Surveillance A federal appeals court Friday overturned an earlier decision against the federal government’s bulk collection of telephone data from millions of Americans.

The program, struck down in a 2013 federal district court opinion and since altered by President Obamaand Congress, was allowed to stand — at least for now — by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The panel sent the case back to district court for further hearings.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2015/08/28/nsa-phone-surveillance-court/71303750/