NSA off the hook for wiretapping suit

The National Security Agency should not have to deal with a lawsuit that challenges the propriety of secretly tapping into communications without court-ordered warrants. At least, that is the position of a divided Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled late last week on a lawsuit brought by the American Civil Liberties Union and a group of journalists, lawyers and academics. The reason? The plaintiffs could not show that anyone was actually harmed by the NSA's practices, according to a ComputerWorld report. The latest ruling reverses a lower court ruling on the same issue. The U.S. Department of Justice says that the NSA program has been "a vital intelligence program that helped detect and prevent terrorist attacks."  

For more on the NSA ruling:
- read more in ComputerWorld. Article