Supreme Court to hear electronic eavesdropping case
Obama administration lawyers appealed to the highest US court on behalf of James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence. - The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a US government challenge to a lawsuit against its electronic surveillance program, which allows authorities to eavesdrop on Americans' overseas phone calls and emails. The court agreed to hear the case Clapper vs. Amnesty International, the Barack Obama administration's petition to the US top court in which it seeks to throw out a suit challenging US government monitoring of Americans' international communications.