First Lawsuit Filed Against NSA Phone Surveillance Program

[ProSense]

First Lawsuit Filed Against NSA Phone Surveillance Program

The first lawsuit challenging the National Security Agency's collection of Verizon customers' phone records was filed on Friday, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported.

Activist Larry Klayman, the former federal prosecutor who founded Judicial Watch, together with Philadelphia-based couple Charles and Mary Ann Strange filed the suit in federal district court in D.C. The suit, reproduced by the Inquirer, alleges that the agency's phone records collection violates Verizon customer's "reasonable expectation of privacy, free speech and association, right to be free of unreasonable searches and seizures, and due process rights."

The Stranges are the parents of Navy SEAL Michael Strange, who was killed in 2011 when his helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan. In the lawsuit, the couple claims their phone records were accessed "since these Plaintiffs have been vocal about their criticism of President Obama as commander-in-chief, his administration, and the U.S. military regarding the circumstances surrounding the shoot down of their son's helicopter in Afghanistan."

As of Monday, the lawsuit has class-action status and claims to represent over 100 million people. The parties seek up to $3 billion in damages, as well as the termination of the surveillance program and public disclosure of its activity.

http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entry/first-lawsuit-filed-against-nsa-phone-surveillance-program

Oh goody. Here come the RW kooks with their conspiracy theories. The "Stranges."

How fitting.

[bunnies]

1. "the couple claims their phone records were accessed"

and they would know this how? These two really think they're that important to national security?

[dixiegrrrrl]

2. Since the news is out that NSA collected ALL communications...

that may be the reason they are suing.
It is not a matter of how important or un-important one is, it is the broad brush violation of "search and seizure".

Which should not even HAVE to be explained to anyone.

[bunnies]

4. They are specifically saying they were targeted

for speaking negatively about the government & dont seem to have a lick of proof. Its nonsense.

[Andy823]

3. Does anyone think they are that important?

I think the right wing lawyers are going to find all kinds of people who will "claim" they have been wiretapped so they can get rich on some big class action lawsuit! This whole thing simply smells of right wing BS to take the publics mind off of what is really going on in congress where republicans are doing nothing at all! The more "scandals" that come out, the more the wacko base of the republican party will scream for justice, and the media will report on the the BS while ignoring things like immigration reform, which republicans will never vote for, and all the other things that republicans are doing to stops the country from growing, from people getting jobs, and of course they will use it all next year to try and get people to stay home and not vote, at leas those who would vote for a democrat.

[Amonester]

6. Like their stupid 2010 death panels and all their other BS.

It sure looks like they're 'back' at it throwing anything that could stick to the wall.

[bunnies]

7. Add to that the fact that the taxpayers will foot the bill...

when all the nutjobs crawl out from the shadows with their hands out. You know, because we as a country have tons of money laying around and nothing to use it for. sigh.

[msanthrope]

5. These are parents of a Navy Seal KIA in Afghanistan. They think Obama is the devil.

Their filing is the usual Klayman crappola...

http://media.philly.com/documents/VerizonNSAlawsuit.pdf

[ProSense]

8. There are two

threads in LBN celebrating this.

Yup, welcome to the Twilight Zone. Next up, post celebrating Orly Taitz.

[msanthrope]

9. You Better Believe It! nt