has illegality been proven? From what I could find they performed surveillance under FISA warrants. There are obviously greater conspiracy theories, but are they supported by evidence?
that being said, in 2020:
The panel held that the government may have violated the Fourth Amendment when it collected the telephony metadata of millions of Americans ... pursuant to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA)
> perhaps unsurprisingly it is still being fought in court, because the US government is very slow to investigate itself.
Perhaps, it is slow because it is complicated topic, which is not clearly described in constitution: where to draw the line for personal privacy.
What government programs unrelated to Snowden's disclosure collect millions of Americans telephony metadata?
Check page 13. They directly reference Snowden. I'm getting a strong sense that you are a troll.
I sometimes make mistakes, I was not aware that Snowden leaked this program too.
Anyway, illegality of this program is not proven yet, all collection happened under FISA warrants as I initially said, I think this was the topic?
> Your understanding, based on ignoring the linked document?
I obviously didn't go through all 60 pages of court document, I believe it was your burden to provide exact citation to support of your point for the sake of discussion.