MeatSack5027206209 t1_iujd05u wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:40 PM

"On June 21, 2013, the United States Department of Justice unsealed charges against Snowden of two counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 and theft of government property,[7] following which the Department of State revoked his passport.[8] Two days later, he flew into Moscow's Sheremetyevo International Airport, where Russian authorities observed the canceled passport, and he was restricted to the airport terminal for over one month. Russia later granted Snowden the right of asylum with an initial visa for residence for one year, which was subsequently repeatedly extended. In October 2020, he was granted permanent residency in Russia.[9] In September 2022, Snowden was granted Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin.[10]"

"On September 2, 2020, a U.S. federal court ruled in United States v. Moalin that the U.S. intelligence's mass surveillance program exposed by Snowden was illegal and possibly unconstitutional.[24]"

Here's your answer OP ^

All these idiot Redditors not actually knowing the answer and saying whatever they want because... "cynicism is my personality trait"

Inb4 something being illegal and possibly unconstitutional doesn't actually mean anything.

tpb772000 OP t1_iujdfkk wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:43 PM

Awesome, thank you! So it still is probably going on but is deemed illegal?

MeatSack5027206209 t1_iujfsuw wrote on October 31, 2022 at 7:59 PM

I doubt it. We're never going to see a public facing reprimand of internal organizations within an intelligence agency, because secrecy and compartmentalization of how they work. There were many, many congress representatives that were outraged by the surveillance, people I'd highly doubt that they'd let the surveillance continue.