Court rules #FISA #Section702 #surveillance of #US resident was #unconstitutional
'Public interest alone does not justify #warrantless querying' says judge
Specifically, it was decided the #FBI had violated a US resident's #FourthAmendment rights against unreasonable searches by looking through a vast database of overseas communications vacuumed up under Section 702 of FISA and using that resident's private messages as evidence to successfully prosecute him.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/24/section_702_court/ #privacy