[quote][url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/12/16/251645205/federal-judge-rules-nsa-bulk-phone-record-collection-unconstitutional?ft=3&f=1001]A federal judge in Washington says the National Security Agency's program for bulk phone record collection violates Americans' reasonable expectation of privacy. The ruling (pdf), however, has been stayed pending a likely appeal. Judge Richard Leon says the sweeping NSA collection of U.S. phone metadata constitutes an unreasonable search or seizure under the Fourth Amendment.[/url][/quote] The case was brought on by a conservative activist Larry Clayman. A similar lawsuit has been filed by the ACLU in New York.