This Week May Have Been The Tipping Point For Saving American Privacy

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This week could turn out to be the biggest week for American privacy in decades.

Privacy advocates have had a fantastic week.

On Monday, federal judge Richard Leon ruled that the National Security Agency's program that collects information, or "metadata," on telephone calls in the United States is likely unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment.

Then, on Wednesday, an independent panel commissioned by President Barack Obama after the disclosures Edward Snowden recommended that the NSA scrap the domestic metadata program, which has been operational as far back as 2001.