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Two US district courts to take up challenges to NSA surveillance programs filed by diverse groups

This is especially noteworthy given that the Supreme Court refused to review a lawsuit challenging NSA surve... last year. Previous court cases have brought out what were quite shocking statements at the time, but any case would likely be much more revealing now given the many leaks.

On Monday, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon will hear Larry Klayman, a former Reagan administration lawyer, argue for preliminary injunctions to be issued against the government’s major domestic surveillance programs.

Klayman is focusing on the mass collection of domestic call records from U.S. telephone companies and the collection of “cellphone and computer data from major wireless companies and Internet service providers,” according to USA Today.

Another case is being brought by the American Civil Liberties Union.

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