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The plaintiff claims that his Fourth Amendment rights have been
violated by government surveillance programs. According to Ars Technica,
“Schuchardt argued in his June 2014 complaint that both metadata and
content of his Gmail, Facebook, and Dropbox accounts were compromised
under the PRISM program as revealed in the documents leaked by former
National Security Agency (NSA) contractor Edward Snowden.”
That
case was dismissed for “lack of standing,” but Schuchardt has continued
to file amended complaints related to U.S. intelligence activities. "
In a lawsuit filed during the Obama administration, plaintiff
Elliott J. Schuchardt claims surveillance programs compromised his
Gmail, Facebook and Dropbox accounts. (Darkside354 / Wikimedia)
