CHICAGO (AP) — It’s rare that hotly debated questions raised by one-time government contractor Edward Snowden are thrashed out in open court.
That’ll happen Wednesday at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago. A prosecutor and terrorism suspect Adel Daoud’s lawyer will deliver oral arguments about a trial judge’s ruling granting the defense access to secret-court records.
The 20-year-old Daoud denies trying to ignite a bomb in Chicago in 2012.
Snowden’s revelations about expanded spying programs and how the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court secretly signed off on them raised the profile of such issues.
Prosecutors warn that letting Daoud’s lawyers see wiretap applications submitted to the FISA court would be a “sea change” in procedures and jeopardize national security.
Defense lawyers say it’s the only way to guarantee Daoud a fair trial.
