According to a federal judge, it is:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/dec/27/judge-rules-nsa-phone-data-collection-legal
Your Honor, in your eyes it may be lawful, but is it constitutional?
And "lawful" doesn't mean it's right. After all, many of Hitler's atrocities were "lawful" under German and international law.
I strongly suggest you read Marcy Wheeler's assessment of the judge's ruling:
http://www.emptywheel.net/2013/12/28/judge-pauleys-deliberate-blind-spot-systematic-section-215-abuses/
Was this just the result of an apparently sloppy judiciary, or is something else going on ... like maybe the end of so-called "checks and balances"?
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