CCTV9英语新闻：美国安局监控公众信息遭上诉

The US Justice department has filed an appeal against a federal court ruling that says the government’s gathering of Americans’ phone records is likely unlawful.

In December, US district Judge, Richard Leon, criticized the National security Agency’s so-called meta-data counter-terrorism program, and said he could not imagine a more indiscriminate and arbitrary invasion than the program. The government has asked the US Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to reconsider the lower court opinion.