NSA’s warrantless surveillance gets a constitutional challenge

The National Security Agency’s warrantless surveillance program received a highly charged constitutional challenge on Wednesday. This first-of-its-kind challenge comes via a motion filed by attorneys for Jamshid Muhtorov, an Uzbek refugee, Colorado resident, and accused terrorist, whose e-mail and possibly other communications were secretly gathered by the US government.

Muhtorov’s motion not only sets up a likely court test of the constitutionality of government eavesdropping, but it could also be a signal of many more cases to come.