American Center for Law and Justice v. United States National Security Agency

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:17-cv-01425 (TNM) U.S. NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY, et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION We all wear masks now, but this case is about a different type of masking. By law, intelligence agencies focus their surveillance on foreign persons and cannot intentionally target U.S. persons without individualized court orders. See 50 U.S.C. §§ 1881a, 1881b, 1881c. But even when surveilling appropriate targets, they sometimes incidentally capture information about U.S. persons.…