A 2013 decision that ordered an end to bulk metadata collection by the NSA has been overturned by a federal appeals court.
The ruling is procedural rather than a ruling on the constitutionality of a bulk collection program, according to TechCrunch.
The three-judge panel ruled that privacy activist Larry Klayman and other plaintiffs “lack direct evidence that records involving their calls have actually been collected.”
The government has acknowledged that they targeted Verizon Business Network Services, Inc., but not Verizon Wireless.
The difference prevents Klayman’s case from moving forward, according to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit.
