Wikimedia Denied Certiorari Over State Secrets Privilege In NSA Surveillance Suit

Mealey's ( February 22, 2023, 8:55 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Wikimedia Foundation’s challenge to the dismissal of its lawsuit over the National Security Agency’s upstream surveillance program came to an end on Feb. 21, when the U.S. Supreme Court denied Wikimedia’s petition for certiorari, declining to consider whether a trial court properly invoked the state secrets privilege in disposing of the case....