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What's Next for the Beleaguered NSA Surveillance Program

A federal judge came down hard yesterday on the National Security Agency's collection of billions of Americans' telephone records, calling it a likely violation of the Constitution.  But Judge Richard Leon stayed his own injunction against the NSA , setting off what's likely to be a long debate about the law and national security.

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By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

A federal judge came down hard yesterday on the National Security Agency's collection of billions of Americans' telephone records, calling it a likely violation of the Constitution. But Judge Richard Leon stayed his own injunction against the NSA, setting off what's likely to be a long debate about the law and national security. That's the specialty of Professor Stephen Vladeck at American University Law School.

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    Warren Olney

    former KCRW broadcaster

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    Andrea Brody

    Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast

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    Benjamin Gottlieb

    Reporter, Fill-in Host

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    Katie Cooper

    Producer, 'One year Later'

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    Stephen Vladeck

    University of Texas at Austin

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